This new collection explains, amongst much else, why, if you pour honey on to a slice of toast from a height, it does not spread out evenly. Sticking with the breakfast table, he goes on to investigate whether toast really always falls butter side up and how you can observe convection currents, the forces responsible for much of the weather and the movement of
tectonic plates, in your cup of hot coffee. Always witty and stimulating, his essays reveal again and again the fascinating processes underlying phenomena that we normally take for granted.
