Sublime

nugget of physics

This book is about linking the little things we see every day with the big world we live in.

We live in a world made of atoms.

The most satisfying discoveries have come from random things

Knowing about some basic bits of physics turns the world into a toybox.

Physics is awesome precisely because the same patterns are universal:

In the three-dimensional world of the deep ocean, above and below matter as much as in front and behind.

– but why does this one make fluff instead of blowing itself to bits?

The world is a mosaic of physical patterns, and once you’re familiar with the basics, you start to see how those patterns fit together.