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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