The Science of Spin: The Force Behind Everything – From Falling Cats to Jet Engines - Softcover

Ennos, Roland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0861548477 ISBN 13: 9780861548477

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2024

Synopsis

Why exactly is the Earth round?

How is it that boomerangs can turn in mid-air?

And why do cats always land on their feet?

It’s time to stop thinking in straight lines…

'A wonderfully fascinating book with answers to so many everyday questions you never knew you needed to know.' Mark Miodownik, author of Stuff Matters

From the solar system to spinning tops; hurricanes to hula hoops; powerplants to pendulums, one mysterious force shapes almost every aspect of our lives. A force which, despite its ubiquity, continues to confound, baffle and surprise.

Artfully moving between astrophysics and anthropology, The Science of Spin provides a sweeping journey through space and time, from the creation of the Earth to the advent of the ‘fidget spinner’. Charting the development of engineering and technology from the earliest prehistoric drills to the turbine engine, critically acclaimed author and scientist Roland Ennos presents a riveting account of human ingenuity and the seemingly infinite ways spin affects our daily lives.

About this title

About the Author

Roland Ennos is a visiting professor of biological sciences at the University of Hull. His previous books include The Wood Age: How Wood Shaped the Whole of Human History and Trees: A Complete Guide to their Biology and Structure. He lives in Hull.

From the Back Cover

It’s time to stop thinking in straight lines…

Edition details

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0861548477
• ISBN 13: 9780861548477
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288