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Quotes from Storm in a Teacup — Helen Czerski

born 1978 England

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Science is always trying to prove itself wrong, because that's the quickest route to finding what's actually going on.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

This book is about linking the little things we see every day with the big world we live in.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

A toaster can teach you some of the most fundamental laws of physics...

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

This is why I love physics. Everything you learn will come in useful somewhere else, and it's all one big adventure...

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

No one can understand every... detail of our complex world, but the basic principles are fantastically valuable tools...

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

Learning the science of the everyday is a direct route to the... knowledge... every citizen needs...

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The physical principle used to orient one of the most advanced technologies... demonstrated with an egg in your kitchen.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

It is a principle of physics that objects continue the same... movement unless you push or pull on them. ...[C]onservation of angular momentum.

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You don't have to be a qualified scientist to experiment with the world. Knowing some basic principles will set you on the right track... [I]t doesn't even have to be an organized process...

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

Physics is awesome... because the same patterns are universal... in the kitchen and in the furthest reaches of the universe.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

Science is not about 'them', it's about 'us'... we can all go on this adventure in our own way.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

As far as we know, the physical laws we observe... on Earth apply everywhere... You can test them for yourself.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

Critical thinking is essential... especially with advertisers and politicians all telling us... they know best.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

In the past, information was treasured... These days we live on the shore of an ocean of knowledge... with regular tsunamis that threaten out sanity.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

This is what separates science from other disciplines—a scientific hypothesis must make specific testable predictions. ...[Y]ou have to look hard for consequences that you can check for, and especially... that you can prove wrong.

Storm in a Teacup (2016)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Helen Czerski (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.