Hidden Wonders

The Subtle Dialogue Between Physics and Elegance

Etienne Guyon, Jose Bico, Etienne Reyssat , Benoit Roman

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
13 April 2021

Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues

The hidden elegance in everyday objects and physical mechanisms, from crumpled paper to sandcastles.

The hidden elegance in everyday objects and physical mechanisms, from crumpled paper to sandcastles.

Hidden Wonders focuses on the objects that populate our everyday life--crumpled paper, woven fabric, a sand pile--but looks at them with a physicist's eye, revealing a hidden elegance in mundane physical mechanisms. In six chapters--Builders, Creating Shapes, Building with Threads, From Sand to Glass, Matter in Motion, and Fractures--the authors present brief stories, set in locales ranging from the Eiffel Tower to a sandcastle, that illustrate the little wonders hidden in the ordinary. A simple experiment that readers can perform at home concludes each story. More than 200 illustrations bring the stories to life.

By: Etienne Guyon, Jose Bico, Etienne Reyssat, Benoit Roman
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 160mm,
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780262539890
ISBN 10: 0262539896
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

tienne Guyon is Emeritus Professor at ESPCI (Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution), a fellow of the American Physical society and of the Institute of Physics, Honorary Director of the Ecole Normale Superieure, and coauthor of Built on Sand- The Science of Granular Materials (MIT Press). Jose Bico is Associate Professor at ESPCI-PSL (Paris Science Lettres Universite). Etienne Reyssat and Beno t Roman are CNRS researchers. All authors work at PMMH (Physics and Mechanics of Heterogenous Media) lab of ESPCI-PSL in Sorbonne Universite.

Reviews for Hidden Wonders: The Subtle Dialogue Between Physics and Elegance

Hidden Wonders fills a major gap in popular science books. Guyon and co-authors convey to their readers a modern and interdisciplinary approach to physics in a style rarely seen in the genre - with special homage to recent developments in soft-matter physics and engineering sciences. Their effort is much needed, and we scientists should look to inspire the next generation, because there are still plenty of mysteries and wonders to be discovered. - Marcelo A. Dias, Nature Physics