# Quote — Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup

> If you pour milk into your tea and give it a quick stir... liquids mix in beautiful swirling patterns... not... merging instantaneously. ...If you look down on Earth from space, you... often see... similar swirls in the clouds... where warm... and cold air waltz around... instead of mixing directly. In Britain... they form at the boundary between cold polar air... and warm tropical air... We know these swirls as depressions or s...

- Author: [Helen Czerski](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski.md)
- Book: [Storm in a Teacup](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/if-you-pour

## More from this book

> The basic principles alone often won't provide specific answers, but they'll provide the context needed to ask the right questions. And if we're used to working things out... we won't feel hopeless when the answer isn't obvious...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/the-basic-principles.md)

> This book is about linking the little things we see every day with the big world we live in.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/this-book-is-about.md)

> As far as we know, the physical laws we observe... on Earth apply everywhere... You can test them for yourself.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/helen-czerski/storm-in-a-teacup/as-far-as-we-know.md)