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Subtitled, "Maverick Science To Try At Home". Authors are The Naked Scientists, whose website receives 1.5 million visitors per week. Experiments include how to turn rice into quicksand and racing jam jars. Aimed at people aged 8-80, they are designed to educate and astound in equal measure. With 80 photos and 80 diagrams.
Synopsis
Want to know how to create fireworks from a crisp packet? Turn rice into quicksand? Generate a cloud in a lemonade bottle? How about build a toaster-powered hot air balloon, or work out the speed of light using margarine and a microwave? This book features these and over 40 other experiments to try at home.
