Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms, and 37 Other Experiments for Saturday ScienceJHU Press, 2003 - 334 sivua How do you make a clock out of an ice cube? Send messages using bubbles? Make money using a tube that waltzes? This collection of curious and offbeat science experiments provides the answers to these and 36 other questions. Accomplished physicist and science writer Neil A. Downie covers a range of phenomena, from the rocking and rolling that drives a waltzing tube; to the fluid mechanics of a coffee-cup rev counter and biceps made from balloons; to the simple chemistry of red-hot batteries and wet solar cells. For each experiment, he provides historical anecdotes about the relevant phenomena, a list of equipment, detailed instructions, and a full explanation - requiring only high-school mathematics - of the science behind the procedure. For those intrigued by any experiment, he includes follow-up suggestions, which describe ways to tinker with the initial recipe. mathematics, will appeal to high-school science teachers, inveterate tinkerers, amateur scientists, or anyone looking for a project for the next science fair. |
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CHAOTIC CLOCKS | 1 |
Juggling Airstreams | 34 |
SOUNDS INTERESTING | 49 |
JOLLY BOATING | 71 |
Trace electric fields with a boat | 79 |
12 | 100 |
14 | 115 |
CENTRIPETAL FORCE | 131 |
Reverse Electric Lamp Solar Tracker | 213 |
Gravity Diode | 220 |
AMIPLEX | 226 |
CURIOUS COMMUNICATIONS | 233 |
Send Me a Bubblegram | 245 |
Pneumatic Morse | 252 |
SevenSegment Telegraph | 259 |
Moving Messages | 276 |
EXOTIC AMPLIFICATION | 147 |
19 | 160 |
VIBRATIONS ROTATIONS AND CHANCE | 169 |
Motor Dice | 176 |
MAVERICK MEASUREMENT | 183 |
Coulters Bubbles | 190 |
Electronic Elastic | 198 |
Light Tunnels | 204 |
UNUSUAL ACTUATORS | 285 |
Ink Sandwiches | 292 |
ELECTROCHEMICAL MAGIC | 299 |
Unusually Cool Sunglasses | 307 |
Wet Solar Cell | 313 |
Hints and Tips | 321 |
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