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| Title: | Gonzo Gizmos
: Projects & Devices to Channel Your Inner Geek |
| Author: | Simon Quellen Field |
| ISBN: | 1556525206 : 9781556525209 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 180x255mm |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Weight: | .422 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - December 2003 |
| List Price: | 11.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Models & model-making |
Step-by-step instructions to building over 30 fascinating devices are included in this book for workbench warriors and grown-up inventors. Detailed illustrations and diagrams explain how to construct a simple radio with a soldering iron, a few basic circuits, and three shiny pennies. Instructions are included for a rotary steam engine that requires a candle, a soda can, a length of copper tubing, and just 15 minutes. To use optics to roast a hot dog, no electricity or stove is required, just a flexible plastic mirror, a wooden box, a little algebra, and a sunny day. Also included are experiments most science teachers probably never demonstrated, such as magnets that levitate in mid-air, metals that melt in hot water, a Van de Graaff generator made from a pair of empty cans, and lasers that transmit radio signals. Every experiment is followed by an explanation of the applicable physics or chemistry.
"Field's book does not depend on high-tech equipment... his experiments range from the disarming... to the useful..." -- Publishers Weekly. "A fine selection of his best stuff and is great for an introductory gift." -- Kevin Kelly, kk.org
