书目

TheoGray'sMadScience:ExperimentsYouCanDoatHome-ButProbablyShouldn't

内容简介

Authorofthebest-sellingbookTheElementsTheodoreGraydemonstratesessentialscientificprinciplesthroughthrillingdaredevilexperiments."Whatamagnificentbook.It'sgorgeous，playful，anddrawsyouin."?AdamSavage，cohostofMythbusters"TheodoreGray?hasattainedalevelofnearsuperhumangeekerythattherestofuscanonlymutelyadmire."?CecilAdams，"TheStraightDope""Gray'sencyclopedicknowledgeandcontagiousenthusiasmtransportustodeepintellectualrealmswhileneversacrificingasenseofwonderand，aboveall，fun."?OliverSacks，authorofAwakenings，Musicophilia，andUncleTungsten：MemoriesofaChemicalBoyhoodInMadScience，TheodoreGraylaunchesatoyrocketusingtheenergyreleasedfromanOreocookie，ignitesaphosphorussunbysuspendinghalfagramofwhitephosphorusinaglobefilledwithpureoxygenandcreatesahomemadehottubbyadding500poundsofquicklimetowater.Thesearejustafewofthe54experimentsincludedinthisastonishingbookthatdemonstratesessentialscientificprinciplesinwaysyouwerelikelyneverexposedtoinschool.EveryexperimentinMadScienceisaccompaniedbyfull-colorphotographsthatprovideafront-rowseattorarelyseenchemicalreactionsandglorioussubatomicactivity.Tofurtherenhancethehands-onexperience，Grayincludesstep-by-stepinstructionsfornearlyeveryexperiment.Followingallofthesafetyguidelines，readerscanevenre-createsomeoftheexperimentsinthebook.MadScienceistheperfectbookforanyonefascinatedbyallthingschemical，electrical，orexplosive，andwholovesavicariousthrill.

作者简介

TheodoreGrayistheauthorofTheElements:AVisualExplorationofEveryKnownAtomintheUniverse;TheoGray'sMadScience:ExperimentsYouCanDoAtHome,ButProbablyShouldn't;MadScience2:ExperimentsYouCanDoAtHome,ButStillProbablyShouldn't;andPopularSciencemagazine's"GrayMatter"column.WithhiscompanyTouchPress,Grayisthedeveloperofbest-sellingiPadandiPhoneapps,includingTheElements,SolarSystem,DisneyAnimated,TheOrchestra,TheWasteLand,andSkullsbySimonWinchester.HelivesinUrbana,Illinois.
TheodoreGrayistheauthorofthebestsellingbookTheElements:AVisualExplorationofEveryKnownAtomintheUniverseandTheoGray'sMadScience:ExperimentsYouCanDoAtHome,ButProbablyShouldn't.HeistheauthorofPopularSciencemagazine'smonthlycolumn,"GrayMatter"andtheproprietorofperiodictable.com.HeisalsocofounderofTouchPress,anebookcompanythatisdefiningthefutureofpublishing,andthecofounderofWolframResearch,creatorsoftheworld'sleadingtechnicalsoftwaresystem,Mathematica©andWolfram?Alpha™.HelivesinChampaign-Urbana,Illinois.,,

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