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Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But Probably Shouldn't (2009)

by Theodore Gray(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1579127916 (ISBN13: 9781579127916)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

review 1: This was better than the second edition of the book. I especially liked the description of what happens when you combine sodium metal and chlorine gas: "Combining them borders on lunacy". I also enjoyed his description of how to handle gold leaf: "Brushes known as gliders' tips, made of red squirrel hair (none of that gray squirrel crap mind you) are used to pick up the sheets by static electricity." Unfortunately none of the experiments he describes are way beyond what us ordinary people are able to carry out in our kitchens, porches or garages.
review 2: Another great book from Theo Gray. I don't think I liked it as much as his The Elements, but still a good read. I was expected it to contain more experiments that you could actually (practically and safely) d... moreo at home in hopes of using them in my chemistry classroom, but it was more of an FYI kind of read. There were a few that I think I could pull off, but most are too dangerous or too expensive. However, the pictures and explanations and history are FANTASTIC as always, and I will certainly read Mad Science 2. less

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