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Book club – Sticky by Laurie Winkless

Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World

Feb 9, 202218:27Science & Medicine

Why is duct tape the answer to fixing everything? How do geckos cling to walls? And what, exactly, keeps our car tyres rolling down the road? In Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces , physicist and science writer Lauri...

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Book club – Sticky by Laurie Winkless is an episode from Chemistry World Book Club by Chemistry World. Why is duct tape the answer to fixing everything? How do geckos cling to walls? And what, exactly, keeps our car tyres rolling down the r...

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