Helen Czerski

Premio Wainwright al mejor libro sobre conservación. Una reveladora exploración del océano como el gran motor del planeta y de por qué comprenderlo es crucial para nuestro futuro. La Tierra alberga una historia que rara vez se cuenta: la de sus oceanos. No la de los peces o los delfines, sino la del inmenso motor azul que cubre el 70 % del planeta y hace posible la vida tal como la conocemos. En La maquina azul, la fisica Helen Czerski nos invita a comprender como funciona este sistema vasto e interconectado que se extiende desde el ecuador hasta los polos, impulsado por la energia del sol. A traves de un relato elegante y apasionado, Czerski explica las grandes corrientes oceanicas, los muros invisibles y las cascadas submarinas que articulan el oceano como una unica maquinaria global. Su libro muestra de que manera este motor ha condicionado el clima, ha dado forma a los ecosistemas y ha influido decisivamente en la historia y la cultura humanas. Desde los antiguos polinesios que aprendieron a navegar leyendo las olas del Pacifico hasta los habitantes de las profundidades, como el tiburon de Groenlandia, el oceano aparece aqui como un espacio habitado, recorrido y vivido. Sustentado en años de experiencia en la vanguardia de la ciencia marina, La maquina azul es un libro capaz de alterar nuestra vision del mundo. Al hacerlo, plantea una pregunta esencial: ¿que significa ser ciudadanos de un planeta oceanico? Comprender este gran motor no es solo un ejercicio intelectual, sino una necesidad urgente. Porque nuestro futuro, en ultima instancia, depende de hasta que punto sepamos entender y respetar la fuerza que nos sostiene.La critica ha dicho: Sus lectores veran los mares con nuevos ojos.Telegraph Czerski es una escritora maravillosa. Una historia absorbente y escrita con elegancia.Daily Mail Una lectura espectacular.The IndependentEl fascinante nuevo libro de Czerski presenta el oceano como un gigantesco motor extraordinario y nos ayuda a comprender su compleja fisica y su papel clave en el cambio climatico.New Scientist Czerski aspira a ampliar enormemente, e incluso a revolucionar, la comprension del lector sobre lo que sucede en las siete decimas partes del planeta que no estan cubiertas por tierra.Financial Times Oportuno, pertinente e informativo.Science Soberbio. Nos muestra no solo como funciona el oceano, sino tambien por que funciona y por que eso importa.New York Review of Books Un recorrido agil por los oceanos, como un elegante catamaran deslizandose sobre las olas.The Times

RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKFINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BOOK OF THE YEARTHE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR This beautifully written sweeping guide shows how the deep movement of the seas have ruled our lives in unexpected ways over millennia The world needs a David Attenborough for physics and Helen Czerski is a prime contender she s brilliant clear passionate modern and inspiring Emma Freud BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends A dazzle of stories beautifully told Outstanding Her readers will see the seas anew Horatio Clare Telegraph Excellent and important Spectator Czerski is a wonderful writer Blue Machine really does change the way you see the world Daily Mail In Helen Czerski s hands the mechanical becomes magical An instant classic Tristan Gooley author of How to Read Water Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read Dr George McGavin zoologist entomologist and broadcaster A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world Gaia Vince science journalist broadcaster and author of Nomad Century All of the Earth s ocean from the equator to the poles is a single engine powered by sunlight a blue machine Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told that of our ocean Not the fish or the dolphins but

A quite delightful book on the joys and universality of physics Czerski s enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday world to life showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the Large Hadron Collider Jim Al Khalili Our world is full of patterns If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir you ll see a swirl a spiral of two fluids before the two liquids mix completely The same pattern is found elsewhere too Look down on the Earth from space and you ll find similar swirls in the clouds made where warm air and cold air waltz In Storm in a Teacup Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in Each chapter begins with something small popcorn coffee stains and refrigerator magnets and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time This is physics as the toolbox of science a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future from medical advances to solving our future energy needs It is also physics as the toy box of science physics as fun as never before

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles.Bubbles are beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly and slightly unpredictable. We're all familiar with them, but we don't often ask what they actually are.The great scientists of the Western world - Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, Lord Rayleigh and more - studied bubbles seriously. They recognised that they had a lot to say about the nature of the physical world, and they poked, prodded and listened to find out what it was. In the years since, we've learned that this bulbous arrangement of liquid and gas does things that neither the gas or the liquid could do by itself.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles. Bubbles are beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly and slightly unpredictable. Were all familiar with them, but we dont often ask what they actually are. The great scientists of the Western world - Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, Lord Rayleigh and more - studied bubbles seriously. They recognised that they had a lot to say about the nature of the physical world, and they poked, prodded and listened to find out what it was. In the years since, weve learned that this bulbous arrangement of liquid and gas does things that neither the gas or the liquid could do by itself. Written by the celebrated physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski, Bubbles explores how everything from the way drinks taste to the Earths temperature are influenced by bubbles. This book has a message: never underestimate a bubble!Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture.For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.

WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHTHelen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.Professor Alice RobertsIn Helen Czerskis hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read WaterBlue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read.Dr George McGavin, zoologist, entomologist and broadcasterA fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world. Czerski brings the oceans alive with compelling stories that masterfully navigate this most complex system.Gaia Vince, science journalist, broadcaster and author of Nomad Century All of the Earths ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight - a blue machine.Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influenced animals, weather and human history & culture.In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet, physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine, examining the messengers, passengers and voyagers that live in it, travel over it, and survive because of it. From the ancient Polynesians who navigated the Pacific by reading the waves to permanent residents of the deep such as the Greenland shark that can live for hundreds of years, she explains the vast currents, invisible ocean walls and underwater waterfalls that all have their place in the oceans complex, interlinked system.Timely, elegant and passionately argued, Blue Machine presents a fresh perspective on what it means to be a citizen of an ocean planet. The understanding it offers is crucial to our future. Drawing on years of experience at the forefront of marine science, Helen Czerski captures the magnitude and subtlety of Earths defining feature, showing us the thrilling extent to which we are at the mercy of this great engine.

A quite delightful book on the joys, and universality, of physics. Czerskis enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the Large Hadron Collider. - Jim Al-KhaliliOur world is full of patterns. If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir, youll see a swirl, a spiral of two fluids, before the two liquids mix completely. The same pattern is found elsewhere too. Look down on the Earth from space, and youll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz. In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn, coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time. This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future, from medical advances to solving our future energy needs. It is also physics as the toy box of science: physics as fun, as never before.

Premio Wainwright almejorlibrosobreconservación.Unareveladoraexploración delocéanocomoel granmotor delplaneta y deporquécomprenderlo es crucial paranuestrofuturo.La Tierra alberga una historia que rara vez se cuenta: la de sus oceanos. No la de los peces o los delfines, sino la del inmenso motor azul que cubre el 70 % del planeta y hace posible la vida tal como la conocemos. En Lamaquinaazul, la fisica Helen Czerski nos invita a comprender como funciona este sistema vasto e interconectado que se extiende desde el ecuador hasta los polos, impulsado por la energia del sol.A traves de un relato elegante y apasionado, Czerski explica las grandes corrientes oceanicas, los muros invisibles y las cascadas submarinas que articulan el oceano como una unica maquinaria global. Su libro muestra de que manera este motor ha condicionado el clima, ha dado forma a los ecosistemas y ha influido decisivamente en la historia y la cultura humanas. Desde los antiguos polinesios que aprendieron a navegar leyendo las olas del Pacifico hasta los habitantes de las profundidades, como el tiburon de Groenlandia, el oceano aparece aqui como un espacio habitado, recorrido y vivido.Sustentado en años de experiencia en la vanguardia de la ciencia marina, Lamaquinaazul es un libro capaz de alterar nuestra vision del mundo. Al hacerlo, plantea una pregunta esencial: ¿que significa ser ciudadanos de un planeta oceanico? Comprender este gran motor no es solo un ejercicio intelectual, sino una necesidad urgente. Porque nuestro futuro, en ultima instancia, depende de hasta que punto sepamos entender y respetar la fuerza que nos sostiene.La critica ha dicho:Sus lectores veran los mares con nuevos ojos.TelegraphCzerski es una escritora maravillosa. Una historia absorbente y escrita con elegancia.Daily MailUna lectura espectacular.The IndependentEl fascinante nuevo libro de Czerski presenta el oceano como un gigantesco motor extraordinario y nos ayuda a comprender su compleja fisica y su papel clave en el cambio climatico.NewScientistCzerski aspira a ampliar enormemente, e incluso a revolucionar, la comprension del lector sobre lo que sucede en las siete decimas partes del planeta que no estan cubiertas por tierra.Financial TimesOportuno, pertinente e informativo.ScienceSoberbio. Nos muestra no solo como funciona el oceano, sino tambien por que funciona y por que eso importa.New YorkReviewof BooksUn recorrido agil por los oceanos, como un elegante catamaran deslizandose sobre las olas.The Times

Nuestro hogar, la Tierra, es caótico, mutable y está repleto de objetos mundanos que tocamos y modificamos todos los días sin apenas reparar en ello. Pero son precisamente esos escenarios cotidianos en los que debemos fijarnos si deseamos saber que hace que el engranaje del universo funcione.En ¿Por que a los patos no se les enfrian los pies?, Helen Czerski nos da las respuestas a algunas preguntas complejas del estilo de: ¿como viaja el agua desde las raices de una secuoya hasta la copa? ¿Como consiguen los patos mantener los pies calientes cuando caminan sobre hielo? ¿Por que la leche, al echarla al te, se asemeja tanto a un remolino de nubes de tormenta? Czerski, de una forma cercana y audaz, comparte sus asombrosos conocimientos para levantar el velo de la familiaridad de lo ordinario. Es probable que despues de leer este libro no volvamos a mirar nada con los mismos ojos.

FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology history and science in a beautifully poetic way Professor Alice Roberts In Helen Czerski s hands the mechanical becomes magical An instant classic Tristan Gooley author of How to Read Water Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read Dr George McGavin zoologist entomologist and broadcaster A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world Czerski brings the oceans alive with compelling stories that masterfully navigate this most complex system Gaia Vince science journalist broadcaster and author of Nomad Century All of the Earth s ocean from the equator to the poles is a single engine powered by sunlight a blue machine Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told that of our ocean Not the fish or the dolphins but the massive ocean engine itself what it does why it works and the many ways it has influenced animals weather and human history & culture In a book that will recalibrate our view of this defining feature of our planet physicist Helen Czerski dives deep to illuminate the murky depths of the ocean engine examining the messengers passengers and voyagers that live in it travel over it and survive because of