Physics of everyday life: from soap bubbles to quantum technology

Why do meanders occur during the flow of water in the rivers? How to make a glass to sing? Is it possible to build a negotiation pipe between Paris and Marcel? What laws determine the shape of drops and bubbles? What happens when cooking hot? Is it possible to try Spaghetti Aldende at the top of Everest? And to drink good coffee there?

to all these questions, as for many others, the reader will find answers in this book. Each page of the book invites you to be surprised, although it discusses the physical phenomena that underlie our daily life. The latest achievements of physics are not forgotten in it: the authors devote the reader to the secrets of quantum mechanics and superconductivity, talk about the physical foundations of magnetic resonance imaging and quantum technologies. “Soap bubbles on a flat surface. The angles formed by the walls connecting three bubbles are 120 °. In dense foam, six separating planes between four contacting bubbles have a symmetry of tetrahedron: they form angles at 109.5 °. ” From the head to the chapter, the reader gets acquainted with the innumerable faces of the physical world. The fundamental results noted by the Nobel Prizes follow the descriptions of the seemingly minor nature phenomena, on which the whole magnificent building of physics is nevertheless.