What stops pregnant women from falling over all the time? What makes infant cries so captivating? How do sperm swim?
The Secret Science of Baby answers these questions and many more, revealing the fascinating physics behind conception, birth, and babyhood.
Parents and parents-to-be are bombarded with information, from what to expect to what to do (and not to do) when it happens. But what they may not realize is that from the chemistry of pregnancy tests to the vacuum physics of breastfeeding, there is fascinating science at the heart of every aspect of creating and raising a new human.
Written by science journalist Michael Banks, The Secret Science of Baby won’t tell you how to raise a perfect violin-playing, mandarin-speaking toddler, but it will shed a new light on how and why things happen as they do—from conception and pregnancy to cooing and pooing.
Exploring the hidden physics behind uterin
