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The Undercover Scientist: Investigating The Mishaps Of Everyday Life

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on to show how these simple events form part of a pattern of scientific principles that govern everything around us. If you want to find out how a diesel engine is able to run on chip fat or why lightning actually does strike the same place twice, The Undercover Scientist has all the answers.
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We all know that things go wrong: wine stains, toast burns, computers crash. But how many of us pause to think why these accidents happen? Undercover Scientist Peter Bentley is fascinated by the science of the everyday, & in this eye-opening book, organised in the form of one of those days when everything falls apart, he probes into the reasons why mishaps occur, from sleeping through the alarm to making the bathwater overflow. As he does so he explains exactly what happens when you put metal in a microwave (the electric field inside the oven causes it to heat up like a lightbulb filament) & why getting the juice from chilli peppers in your eye is so painful (they contain a chemical that fools your nerve-endings into behaving as though they've been burnt). & from there he goes on to show how these simple events form part of a pattern of scientific principles that govern everything around us. If you want to find out how a diesel engine is able to run on chip fat or why lightning actually does strike the same place twice, The Undercover Scientist has all the answers.

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Wine - An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.
Engine - A machine designed to convert fuel into motion
Electric - A general term for the flow of electric charge
Eye - An organ which detects light
Alarm - A device which emits a sound at a pre-set time/event
Heat - A term used to define thermal energy
Diesel - A fuel used in internal combustion engines
Diesel - An Italian clothing brand. Founded in 1978
Fat - A natural substance that is oily and can be harmful to health if consumed too much.
Simple - Basic, easy no difficulty in understanding.
Microwave - A kitchen appliance that used electromagnetic microwaves to cook.
Oven - A kitchen appliance used for cooking, can be gas or electric.

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