Preface ix
1. As the Earth Draws the Apple 1
2. And All the Children Are Above Average 4
3. The Lady with the Mystic Smile 8
4. The Heart Has Its Reasons 11
5. AC/DC 14
6. The Doppler Effect 18
7. Do I Look Fat in These Jeans? 22
8. Zeros and Ones 25
9. Tsunami 28
10. When the Chips Are Down 31
11. A Stretch of the Imagination 34
12. Woodstock Nation 37
13. What Is π? 40
14. No Sweat 43
15. Road Range 46
16. The Bends 50
17. It's Not the Heat, It's the Humidity 54
18. The World's Most Beautiful Equation 58
19. Breaking the Law 61
20. The Mars Curse 64
21. Eureka! 67
22. A Penny Saved… 70
23. If I Only Had a Brain 73
24. Because It Was There 77
25. Four Eyes 80
26. Bee Sting 83
27. Here Comes the Sun 87
28. A Leg to Stand On 90
29. Love Is a Roller Coaster 93
30. Loss Factor 96
31. A Slippery Slope 100
32. Transformers 103
33. A House of Cards 107
34. Let There Be Light 110
35. Smarty Pants 113
36. As Old as the Hills 116
37. Can You Hear Me Now? 119
38. Decay Heat 123
39. Zero, One, Infinity 127
40. Terminal Velocity 130
41. Water, Water, Everywhere 133
42. Dog Days 136
43. Body Heat 139
44. Red Hot 143
45. A Bolt from the Blue 146
46. Like Oil and Water 149
47. Fish Story 153
48. Making Waves 156
49. A Drop in the Bucket 160
50. Fracking Unbelievable 164
51. Take Two Aspirins and Call Me in the Morning 167
52. The World's Most Famous Equation 171
Bibliography 175
Index 185