The Thermodyanics of Pizza

by Harold J. Morowitz

Book Overview

Why do pizzas stay hot? Why are olives edible? How does ice carry electricity? Why is blood redder in the tropics? How much is a fingertip worth? Why do camps require health forms? What do drooping eyelids, electric eels, and curare have in common? What was the secret of the Sphinx? In fifty-plus essays, Harold J. Morowitz, a distinguished biophysicist with a very active sense of curiosity, muses over these and other questions that arise in the course...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813517745
• ISBN13: 9780813517742
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining essays on science

The only reason I bought this book was because of the title. Saw it in the bookstore and I just had to have it. Fortunately I wasn't disappointed. The title essay is an entertaining read on modeling heat transfer of a pizza. For young scientists, it's a very good tutorial on the process of developing models of real life situations. Worth the price of the book by itself. The remaining essays diverge to cover a wide range of sciency topics, most of which are worth a read.

Thought provoking antidotes that will amuse and enlighten

This collection of essays has something for everyone, interested in the sciences. Harold Morowitz's wit and wisdom make hard to understand subjects easy to comprehend. From brownian movement as it relates to the stock market to as the tittle suggests the insulating value of pizza crust this book is a winner.