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Contents: Foreword by the MythBusters Doing the Experiments/Safety Issues Chapter One: Did a Ming Dynasty astronaut launch himself into space with a rocket? Experiment: Making a simple rocket Chapter Two: Will whispering sweet nothings to a plant cause them to grow better? Experiment: Giving an IQ test to a pet Chapter Four: Can a swallowed octopus egg grow to full-size inside a person's stomach? Experiment: Seeing how food begins to be digested Chapter Five: Is the daddy longlegs the world's most venomous spider? Experiment: Preserving a spider's web Chapter Six: Do bacteria from the toilet settle in toothbrushes? Experiment: Growing a germ garden Chapter Seven: Will a person get wetter running or walking in the rain? Experiment: Making it rain in the kitchen Chapter Eight: Will a sinking ship suck you down? Experiment: Finding out what factors cause an object to sink or float Chapter Nine: How many balloons are needed to lift a small child off the ground? Experiment: Testing how much weight helium balloons can lift Chapter Ten: Does a Duck's quack echo? Experiment: Comparing how sounds are reflected off different surfaces Chapter Eleven: Can a toy car beat a real car in a gravity slope race? Experiment: Racing toy cars to find out how gravity, weight, and friction affect outcome Chapter Twelve: Will the rhythm of soldiers marching together cause a bridge to collapse? Experiment: Making a pendulum to see the power of resonance Chapter Thirteen: Did Archimedes set fire to a fleet of ships using only mirrors and sunlight? Experiment: Testing the reflecting power of surfaces Chapter Fourteen: Did ancient people have batteries? Experiment: Electroplating a metal object with copper Chapter Fifteen: Is there really such a thing as killer quicksand? Experiment: Making a batch of quicksand to understand how it works Answers to Brainbuster quizzes Glossary/Terms Where to Find Out More Index Photo Credits
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Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.