# Liquid

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- Book: [Liquid](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-miodownik/liquid) ([Liquid.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-miodownik/liquid.md))
- Authors: [Mark Miodownik](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-miodownik)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-731-6
- Published: 2018-09-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A series of glasses of transparent liquids is in front of you: but which will quench your thirst and which will kill you? And why? Why does one liquid make us drunk, and another power a jumbo jet? From the bestselling author of Stuff Matters comes a fascinating tour of the world of these surprising or sinister substances - the droplets, heartbeats and ocean waves we all encounter every day. Structured around a plane journey which sees encounters with water, wine, oil and more, Miodownik shows that liquids are agents of death and destruction as well as substances of wonder and fascination, and - just as in Stuff Matters - his unique brand of scientific storytelling brings them and their mysterious properties alive in a captivating new way.