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Have a Phd in physics, agree fully. I love talking to people about the physics and chemistry in every-day life, and you need very little of quantum mechanics or advanced electromagnetism. Perhaps statistical physics (thermodynamics) is the single most useful topic.

Also, if you want to understand the science in every-day life, chemistry (or more broadly materials science) is arguably more relevant than physics per se.

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Do you know any books or courses that focus on every day /chemistry? That would be a nice way to learn.

I've always thought that one could write a book of recipes that also goes into the chemistry of things (pressures, heat, types of reactions, acid-base stuff, etc). Making delicious things while understanding what goes on, which coincidentally is what sometimes chefs do pretty well when explaining their recipes (I've discovered Kenji Lopez on HN and he does a bit of that in many of his videos)

Also in his cook book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

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