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The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science : The Very Best Backyard Science Experiments You Can Do Yourself / Neil A. Downie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]Copyright date: 2012Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (576 p.) : 28 halftones. 133 line illusContent type:
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  • 9781400841738
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500.2078 23/eng/20230216
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SIMPLE BUT SUBTLE . . . SIMPLE BUT NOT ALWAYS EASY TO EXPLAIN -- SURPRISINGLY SUBTLE . . . SURPRISES GALORE IN THIS MAVERICK COLLECTION -- SIMPLE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE . . . FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD UNCOVERED IN ELEGANTLY SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS -- CLOXOTICA— EXOTIC CLOCKS AND OSCILLATORS: A CORNUCOPIA OF UNUSUAL CLOCKS -- GEEKONICS—SIMPLER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND NOT JUST FOR GEEKS -- MAD, BAD, AND DANGEROUS—PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAZARDS, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE MINIMIZED -- GREAT STUFF—BIGGER PROJECTS THAT NEED SPACE AND LARGER PARTS -- TIPS AND TRICKS -- OLD-FASHIONED UNITS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: The best backyard experiments for hands-on science learningThe Ultimate Book of Saturday Science is Neil Downie's biggest and most astounding compendium yet of science experiments you can do in your own kitchen or backyard using common household items. It may be the only book that encourages hands-on science learning through the use of high-velocity, air-driven carrots.Downie, the undisputed maestro of Saturday science, here reveals important principles in physics, engineering, and chemistry through such marvels as the Helevator—a contraption that's half helicopter, half elevator—and the Rocket Railroad, which pumps propellant up from its own track. The Riddle of the Sands demonstrates why some granular materials form steep cones when poured while others collapse in an avalanche. The Sunbeam Exploder creates a combustible delivery system out of sunlight, while the Red Hot Memory experiment shows you how to store data as heat. Want to learn to tell time using a knife and some butter? There's a whole section devoted to exotic clocks and oscillators that teaches you how.The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science features more than seventy fun and astonishing experiments that range in difficulty from simple to more challenging. All of them are original, and all are guaranteed to work. Downie provides instructions for each one and explains the underlying science, and also presents experimental variations that readers will want to try.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SIMPLE BUT SUBTLE . . . SIMPLE BUT NOT ALWAYS EASY TO EXPLAIN -- SURPRISINGLY SUBTLE . . . SURPRISES GALORE IN THIS MAVERICK COLLECTION -- SIMPLE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE . . . FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD UNCOVERED IN ELEGANTLY SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS -- CLOXOTICA— EXOTIC CLOCKS AND OSCILLATORS: A CORNUCOPIA OF UNUSUAL CLOCKS -- GEEKONICS—SIMPLER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND NOT JUST FOR GEEKS -- MAD, BAD, AND DANGEROUS—PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAZARDS, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN BE MINIMIZED -- GREAT STUFF—BIGGER PROJECTS THAT NEED SPACE AND LARGER PARTS -- TIPS AND TRICKS -- OLD-FASHIONED UNITS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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The best backyard experiments for hands-on science learningThe Ultimate Book of Saturday Science is Neil Downie's biggest and most astounding compendium yet of science experiments you can do in your own kitchen or backyard using common household items. It may be the only book that encourages hands-on science learning through the use of high-velocity, air-driven carrots.Downie, the undisputed maestro of Saturday science, here reveals important principles in physics, engineering, and chemistry through such marvels as the Helevator—a contraption that's half helicopter, half elevator—and the Rocket Railroad, which pumps propellant up from its own track. The Riddle of the Sands demonstrates why some granular materials form steep cones when poured while others collapse in an avalanche. The Sunbeam Exploder creates a combustible delivery system out of sunlight, while the Red Hot Memory experiment shows you how to store data as heat. Want to learn to tell time using a knife and some butter? There's a whole section devoted to exotic clocks and oscillators that teaches you how.The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science features more than seventy fun and astonishing experiments that range in difficulty from simple to more challenging. All of them are original, and all are guaranteed to work. Downie provides instructions for each one and explains the underlying science, and also presents experimental variations that readers will want to try.

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