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by Sean Connolly

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It's never been more important to engage a child's scientific curiosity, and Sean Connolly knows just how to do it--with lively, hands-on, seemingly "dangerous" experiments that pop, ooze, crash, and teach! Now, the author of The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science, takes it one step further: He leads kids through the history of science, and then creates amazing yet simple experiments that demonstrate key scientific principles.

Tame fire just like a Neanderthal with the Fahrenheit 451 experiment. Round up all your friends and track the spread of "disease" using body glitter with an experiment inspired by Edward Jenner, the vaccination pioneer who's credited with saving more lives than any other person in history. Rediscover the wheel and axle with the ancient Sumerians, and perform an astounding experiment demonstrating the theory of angular momentum. Build a simple telescope--just like Galileo's--and find the four moons he discovered orbiting Jupiter (an act that helped land him in prison). Take a less potentially catastrophic approach to electricity than Ben Franklin did with the Lightning Mouth experiment. Re-create the Hadron Collider in a microwave with marshmallows, calculator, and a ruler--it won't jeopardize Earth with a simulated Big Bang, but will demonstrate the speed of light. And it's tasty!

By letting kids stand on the shoulders of Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, the Wright brothers, Marie Curie, Darwin, Watson and Crick, and more, The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science is an uncommonly engaging guide to science, and the great stories of the men and women behind the science.

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  • Title The Book of Potentially Catastrophic Science: 50 Experiments for Daring Young Scientists
  • Author Sean Connolly
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 306
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Workman Kids, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2010-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780761156871 / 0761156879
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 5.75 x 1 in (23.83 x 14.61 x 2.54 cm)
  • Age range 09 to 15 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 10
  • Reading level 1160
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Science, Science - Experiments
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010007044
  • Dewey Decimal Code 507.8
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