Description
How to Predict the Weather with a Cup of Coffee by Matthew Cole is a humorous guide to making everyday life more interesting, with clever tricks and unconventional solutions for surviving the 9-to-5 routine. Drawing on science, nature and human behaviour, Cole gives traditional tips a modern twist, covering everything from cooking steamed fish in a dishwasher to getting ahead in a supermarket queue and screening phone calls with a microwave.
The book is packed with curious experiments, practical shortcuts and amusing ideas for everyday situations. Learn how to start a fire using a soda can and chocolate, why a reference to Hannibal Lecter might make you feel more powerful at work, and how a cup of black coffee and a sugar cube can supposedly help predict the weather. It’s an entertaining collection for anyone who enjoys unusual facts, ingenious solutions and a good laugh.
