Every moment of your airplane journey is an opportunity to experience science in action Inflight Science will be your guide. Brian Clegg explains the ever-changing view from your window seat and suggests entertaining experiments to calculate how far away you are from distant objects and the population of the towns you fly over. You'll learn why the coastline is infinite in length, the cause of thunderstorms, and why there's absolutely no chance of getting stuck on an airline vacuum toilet! Packed full of amazing insights from physics, chemistry, engineering, geography, and more, Inflight Science is a voyage of scientific discovery perfect for any journey. Publisher: Icon Books Year: 2011 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781848312418 Condition: Very Good This image is of the actual book.