From why ice is slippery to how planes stay aloft. Physics hiding in plain sight.
A lovely essay arguing that physics is fundamentally a story problem. Changed how I think about teaching it.
A Nature essay on how statistical mechanics gives rise to heat, pressure, and everything you feel when you touch a warm mug.
The physicist behind Storm in a Teacup. The best single-author guide to why toast falls butter-side down.
Short and disorienting. Bridges the gap between kitchen-table physics and quantum weirdness.
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