The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists

Connolly, Sean

ISBN 10: 076115020X / ISBN 13: 9780761150206

Published by Workman Publishing Company, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science: 64 Daring Experiments for Young Scientists
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076115020X
• ISBN 13: 9780761150206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Stand back! Genius at work!

Encase your little bother in a giant soap bubble. Drop mentos into a bottle of diet soda and stand back as a geyser erupts. Launch a rocket made from a film canister.

Here are 64 amazing experiments that snap, crackle, pop, ooze, crash, boom, and stink. Giant air cannons. Home-made lightning. Marshmallows on steroids. Matchbox microphones. There’s even an introduction to alchemy. (Not sure what that is? Think “medieval wizard.”) None of the experiments requires special training, and all use stuff found in the kitchen or in the garden shed. You’d be irresponsible not to try them.

ATTENTION, PARENTS: Yes, your kids may need your help with a few experiments. And yes, sometimes it may get a tad messy. But it’s not pure mayhem. The balloon rocket whizzing through the garden? It demonstrates Newton’s Third Law of Motion. That chunk of potato launched across the kitchen from a tube? Welcome to Boyle’s Law. Every experiment demonstrated real science, at its most memorable.
 

About the Author

Sean Connolly is the author of the Totally Irresponsible Science series and dozens of other books for both children and adults. A father of three, he is in an ideal position to explain the nuts and bolts of these experiments. He lives in England.