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Theo Gray's Mad Science By Theodore Gray

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Title:Theo Gray's Mad Science
Author:Theodore Gray
Format:Hardcover
Page:240 pages
ISBN:1579127916

Author of the best selling book The Elements Theodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments What a magnificent book It s gorgeous, playful, and draws you in Adam Savage, cohost of Mythbusters Theodore Gray has attained a level of near superhuman geekery that the rest of us can only mutely admire Cecil Adams, The Author of the best selling book The Elements Theodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments What a magnificent book It s gorgeous, playful, and draws you in Adam Savage, cohost of Mythbusters Theodore Gray has attained a level of near superhuman geekery that the rest of us can only mutely admire Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope Gray s encyclopedic knowledge and contagious enthusiasm transport us to deep intellectual realms while never sacrificing a sense of wonder and, above all, fun Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings, Musicophilia, and Uncle Tungsten Memories of a Chemical BoyhoodIn Mad Science, Theodore Gray launches a toy rocket using the energy released from an Oreo cookie, ignites a phosphorus sun by suspending half a gram of white phosphorus in a globe filled with pure oxygen and creates a homemade hot tub by adding 500 pounds of quicklime to water These are just a few of the 54 experiments included in this astonishing book that demonstrates essential scientific principles in ways you were likely never exposed to in school Every experiment in Mad Science is accompanied by full color photographs that provide a front row seat to rarely seen chemical reactions and glorious subatomic activity To further enhance the hands on experience, Gray includes step by step instructions for nearly every experiment Following all of the safety guidelines, readers can even re create some of the experiments in the book Mad Science is the perfect book for anyone fascinated by all things chemical, electrical, or explosive, and who loves a vicarious thrill


about Author

Theodore Gray is the author of The Elements and Mad Science Experiments You Can Do at Home But Probably Shouldn t , and of Popular Science magazine s Gray Matter column He is the proprietor of periodictable.com and the creator of the iconic photographic periodic table poster seen in universities, schools, museums, and on TV shows from MythBusters to Hannah Montana In his other life, he Theodore Gray is the author of The Elements and Mad Science Experiments You Can Do at Home But Probably Shouldn t , and of Popular Science magazine s Gray Matter column He is the proprietor of periodictable.com and the creator of the iconic photographic periodic table poster seen in universities, schools, museums, and on TV shows from MythBusters to Hannah Montana In his other life, he is co founder of the software company Wolfram Research, creators of the world s leading technical software system, Mathematica , and WolframlAlphaTM He lives in Champaign Urbana, Illinois From periodictable.com



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Published :2016-02-25T07:21+01:00
Author of the best selling book The Elements Theodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments
Theo Gray's Mad Science
240 pagesTheodore Gray

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