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About the Book

It's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. For example, is it true that if you step in quicksand, you'll be sucked down to your death! Only two men would be inventive and adventurous enough to try to find out: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the MythBusters. Each week, hosts Savage and Hyneman, both special effects experts, use modern science to put another three urban legends to the test on their popular TV show. In this book, you'll learn how they either "busted" or confirmed fifteen myths on their show, often with spectacular results. Here are just some of the urban legends in this book: Did a Ming Dynasty astronaut launch himself into space with a rocket? Can a swallowed octopus egg grow to full size inside a person's stomach? Is the daddy longlegs the world's most venomous spider? Will a sinking ship suck you down? How many balloons are needed to lift a small child off the ground? Does a duck's quack echo? "Mythbusters: Don't Try This at Home!" gets to the bottom of these urban legends and more, and it lets you do your own mythbusting with fun experiments you can do safely at home.

Table of Contents:
Doing the Experiments. 1 TOY CAR RACE. Do Try This at Home: Racing toy cars. 2 TALKING TO PLANTS. Do Try This at Home: What plants need to grow. 3 GOLDFISH MEMORY. Do Try This at Home: Giving a pet IQ test. 4 OCTOPUS PREGNANCY. Do Try This at Home: How food is digested. 5 DADDY LONGLEGS. Do Try This at Home: Preserving a spider's web. 6 TOOTHBRUSH SURPRISE. Do Try This at Home: Making a cultured cream. 7 BALLOON LIFT. Do Try This at Home: How much can a balloon lift? 8 SINKING SHIP. Do Try This at Home: Sinking versus floating? 9 RUNNING IN THE RAIN. Do Try This at Home: Making it rain. 10 DOES A DUCK'S QUACK ECHO? Do Try This at Home: How sound reflects off surfaces. 11 MING DYNASTY ASTRONAUT. Do Try This at Home: Making a simple rocket. 12 BREAKSTEP BRIDGE. Do Try This at Home: Making a pendulum. 13 ANCIENT DEATH RAY. Do Try This at Home: Testing reflection of different surfaces. 14 BAGHDAD BATTERY. Do Try This at Home: Making a simple battery. 15 KILLER QUICKSAND. Do Try This at Home: Making quicksand. Answers to Brainbuster Quizzes. Glossary. Where to Find Out More. Index. Photo Credits.

Review :
"...graphically appealing...Suitable for all public and junior high-school libraries." (Library Journal, March 15, 2006)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780787983697
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 257 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 458 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0787983691
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: MythBusters S.
  • Width: 205 mm


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