Riddless in your Teacup

Why is the night dark? How do bees buzz? Why do tea leaves collect in the center of the cup after stirring? What makes a river meaner? Why do people snore? Why does rain fall in drops? Natural phenomena and ordinary everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we try to understand them in terms of basic scientific principles. In this book, Partha Ghose and Dipankar Home have put together a wide range of puzzles and paradoxes from everyday life, also including riddles that have so far defined all explanation.