The secret house : the hidden world of your home

This is a description of 24 hours in the life of a house, revealing all the little-known stirrings continually going on in our homes - many of which have an extraordinary effect on our daily lives. There are questions such as why doesn't teflon stick? How does a match light when you strike it? Why is ninety-two per cent of a TV screen actually blank when you watch a programme? The illustrations range from high powered scanning electron micrographs, to thermosgrams, computer enhanced X-rays, polarized light microscopy, and even airflow visualization techniques currently being developed for the aerospace industry. A description of 24 hours in the life of a house, revealing all the little-known stirrings continually going on in our homes, from chemicals emerging from ceilings to the unseen war in the garden. The illustrations range from high powered scanning electron micrographs to computer enhanced X-rays.