Why Does A Ball Bounce? And 100 other ... - Adam Hart-Davies (Hardcover, 2006)

Why does a ball bounce? Why does a balloon burst? How can a \nstone move on its own? Television scientist and historian Adam \nHart-Davis brings you the answers to 100 essential questions about life,\n the universe and everything, fully illustrated with his own superb \ncolour photographs. A passionate scientist, Adam's aim is to make \ncomplex ideas as easy to understand as possible, and his photographs are\n stunning in their simplicity: from spiders' webs to water drops, from \nsparks from a plug to a match igniting - you can see science in action \nand close up.