Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories From Einstein's Refrigerator - Softcover

Silverman, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0740733400 ISBN 13: 9780740733406

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

High school science teacher Silverman recounts 33 stories of strange events and both useful and useless inventions from the 20th century. The collection is a sequel to Einstein's Refrigerator published in 2001, and would make a fun gift for curious adults. Lacks an index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Silverman is a science teacher at Chatham High School, near Albany, N.Y. He currently teaches physics, earth science, and computer science. Most of the stories found in his two books, Einstein's Refrigerator and Lindbergh's Artificial Heart, are stories he first shared in his classroom or with friends via e-mail. In addition to teaching, Steve runs a pet business with his brother that has the largest on-line selection of hermit crab supplies in the world. He lives in Chatham, N.Y. His Web site is www.uselessinformation.org.

From Publishers Weekly:

High school teacher Silverman, who created a Web site for his students that gained widespread popularity, returns with a second volume (after Einstein's Refrigerator) of strange-but-true tales. With humor (sometimes clearly informed by experience: "you should never, ever, mention the name Uranus in a high school classroom!"), he relates how the astronomer Sir John Herschel, in 1835, discovered signs of life on the moon; how Joshua L. Cohen gave away the invention that led to the creation of the battery-powered flashlight and the Eveready Corporation (he then went on to invent the Lionel train); and how, for his own science classes, Silverman makes a pickle to light up like a lightbulb by "electrocuting" it. ("Don't try this one at home," he warns). Science fans and trivia buffs alike will find lots of strange, entertaining anecdotes here in short, bite-size chunks.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0740733400
• ISBN 13: 9780740733406
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192