Author(s): Theodore Gray
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 240
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Language: English
Date Published: 2011-05-18
Dimensions: 229 x 254 x 17mm
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: 300 full- colour illustrations

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 Boyhood`
In `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.