The Secret House

by David Bodanis

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This is a description of 24 hours in the life of a house, revealing all the little-known stirrings continually going on in our homes - many of which have an extraordinary effect on our daily lives. There are questions such as why doesn't teflon stick? How does a match light when you strike it? Why is ninety-two per cent of a TV screen actually blank when you watch a programme? The illustrations range from high powered scanning electron micrographs, to thermosgrams, computer enhanced X-rays, polarized light microscopy, and even airflow visualization techniques currently being developed for the aerospace industry.
  • ISBN10 0671657186
  • ISBN13 9780671657185
  • Publish Date 1 February 1988 (first published 26 June 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 18 January 2023
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Touchstone Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Language English