Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life

Marvellous bit of science communication, this! Throughout its 280-odd pages it touches on a vast number of scientific phenomena, and each is explained in an approachable, easy, and humorous conversational style. My only complaint is that it didn’t go into more detail on any of the topics it glanced across – if you could produce a physics textbook written as approachably as this I think we’d have a lot more physicists on the planet…