SCIENCE AT THE BEACH

From tips on how to build the perfect sandcastle to the way our body

changes underwater, from the map of the best places to go surfing to

the composition of squid ink, Andrea Gentile gives us an original and

entertaining view on life at the beach. Physics, chemistry, biology and

environmental studies become tools to explain what happens on the sea

shore and in the depths of the oceans. There are many strange facts and

as many myths to be debunked: underwater, for example, we see better

from far away than close up and it is not true that only the females of

sea urchins can be eaten. Something else: paradoxically drinking salted

water dehydrates us. An illustrated book that is beautiful to read and to

look at, written in a language within everyone’s reach and dedicated to

all those who ask the reason why about things.