Part of the new Ladybird Expert series,Bubblesis a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles.Bubblesare beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly & slightly unpredictable. We're all familiar with them, but we don't often ask what they actuallyare.The great scientists of the Western world -Robert Hooke,Isaac Newton,Lord Rayleigh& more - studied bubbles seriously. They recognised that they had a lot to say about the nature of the physical world, & they poked, prodded & listened to find out what it was. In the years since, we've learned that this bulbous arrangement of liquid & gas does things that neither the gas or the liquid could do by itself.Written by the celebrated physicist & oceanographerHelen Czerski,Bubblesexplores how everything from the way drinks taste to the Earth's temperature are influenced bybubbles.This book has a message: never underestimate abubble!Written by the leading lights & most outstanding communicators in their fields, theLadybird Expertbooks provide clear, accessible & authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history & culture.For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.