What Einstein didn't know : scientific answers to everyday questions
(Book)

"A Birch Lane Press book."

"For those of you who are sometimes overwhelmed by science but like to know how and why things work, What Einstein Didn't Know provides intriguing answers to everyday questions such as - How can cricket chirps tell us the temperature? Why are some flames blue and other yellow? How do magnets work? How does soap know what's dirt? Why are bubbles round? Why won't oil and water mix? How do microwaves really cook food? How does food get "burned" in the freezer? Do fish get the bends? Is a rare steak really bloody? How does iron rust?" "And this delightful and fascinating book offers much more, including "try it" sections - 48 fun demonstrations that can be performed without special equipment, such as thawing your frozen food quickly by unwrapping it and placing it on an unheated, heavy frying pan - or for even faster service, one you've warmed with hot water (not on the stove). Except for the cast-iron ones, frying pans are deliberately made to be good conductors of heat, so any heavy pan other than iron will work as well as those "miracle" trays."--Jacket