The Physics of Christmas
From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey

Normally, the goal of a "The Science of..." book is to entertain and educate. There was lots of education, but not necessarily a lot of entertainment... Now, its possible that since I read a lot of it while having extensive, expensive repairs done on my car's engine coolant system (for the 3rd time i......more

The title say "Physics of Christmas" but a portion is taken up by the soft sciences. The hard science and mathy sections were really good as was the final chapter on the Xmas of the future.......more

I liked the book because it went into depth about topics that I wouldn't be able to learn about on a normal day to day basis. I enjoyed the dry humor in the book, especially in the part about thank you cards that said something about how people who send cards that make noise have no worth in society......more

This is a pop science book talking about various scientific aspects of the Christmas season. Subjects range from the psychology and biology of seasonal affective disorder to the possibilities of Santa using warp drive to complete his global rounds in a single night. It also contains some history and......more