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Mad Science 2

Experiments You Can Do At Home, But STILL Probably Shouldn't

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By Theodore Gray

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Best-selling author Theodore Gray is back with all-new, spectacular experiments that demonstrate basic principles of chemistry and physics in thrilling, and memorable ways.

For nearly a decade, Theodore Gray has been demonstrating basic principles of chemistry and physics through exciting, sometimes daredevil experiments that he executes, photographs, and writes about for his monthly Popular Science column “Gray Matter,” as well as his bestselling, award-winning books The Elements, Molecules, Reactions, and How Things Work.

This books now collects Gray’s Popular Science columns, along with hundreds of photographs — many of which are never-before-seen. The second volume includes mad-scientist experiments, which features dramatic, enlightening, and often daring projects, such as demonstrating the Leidenfrost effect; crushing a tomato between two small magnets to show the power of neodymium-iron-boron magnets; and creating trinkets out of solid mercury to demonstrate how the state of matter depends very much on the temperature at which it exists.

Other experiments include:
  • A foil boat floating on an invisible sea!
  • DIY X-ray photos!
  • A bacon lance that cuts steel!
  • Charging a smart phone with apples and pennies!
  • And dozens more!

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On Sale
May 7, 2013
Page Count
240 pages
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-13
9781579129323

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Theodore Gray

About the Author

Theodore Gray is the author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions as well as Theodore Gray’s Completely Mad Science, How Things Work, and Engines. He is the creator of the bestselling iPad apps “Elements” and “Molecules,” which have both been named App of the Week by Apple, and he was the director of “Disney Animated,” also honored by Apple as iPad App of the Year. He co-founded Wolfram Research, Inc., makers of the widely used software Mathematica and the the Wolfram Alpha website. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

Nick Mann is a photographer specializing in taking beautiful photos of inanimate objects on black backgrounds. His other work includes The Elements, Molecules, Reactions, How Things Work and Engines. In his other life, he designs and makes specialized note-taking fieldwork equipment and he works in the quality control department for a large automotive company. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.

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