You’re stirring your latte and are surprised to see it froth? Looking at your untidy apartment you’re thinking of chaos theory? You wonder about how to survive an airplane crash? It’s all physics!

For Werner Gruber, physics starts where others think it ends. And you don’t even have to swallow a razor blade or book a survival camp in the desert in order to experience physics up close and personal. You’re dealing with it all the time. And there are other questions it provides the answers to: What is keeping the world together? Why do we get warm when we cuddle? When is it »Down with Goulash«-time? And how do you diffuse a bomb?

In this completely revised edition of his bestselling book, Werner Gruber presents the world in a new light: He shows incredible phenomena from mundane and extreme situations, provides tips for your daily life, and solves many a perplexing mystery of science.