Experimenting: Magnet power -- Soap power -- Chromatography -- Static electricity -- Cabbage acid indicator -- Bubble bomb -- Science or magic? -- Soda geyser -- Density -- Test your sense of smell -- Moving water uphill -- Measuring wind speed -- Measuring air pressure -- Making smoke bomb -- Making a lava lamp -- Fact gathering: How a computer works -- How a telephone works -- Prisms -- Why the sky is blue -- Solar System -- Modeling the Solar System -- How wings work -- Metamorphosis -- Why leaves change color -- Measuring a tree's age -- Fingerprints -- Plaster casts -- Archeology -- Latitude and longitude -- Roman numerals -- How an engine work -- Constructing: Hovercraft -- Compass -- Sundial -- Bottle music -- Panpipes -- Kaleidescope -- Table football -- Jigsaw puzzle -- Paper hats -- Papier mache -- Whirligig -- Puppets -- Tricking: Stink bombs -- Balloon tricks -- Jumping ping-pong ball -- Putting your head through a postcard -- Levitating teabag -- Levitating olive -- Pushing a glass through a table -- Optical illusions -- Classics -- Mexican jumping beans -- Ice hand -- Pre-sliced banana -- Cup and ball tricks -- Number tricks -- Card trick -- Puzzling: Codes and ciphers -- Crosswords -- Finger cuffs -- Riddles -- Tangrams -- Logic grids -- Sudoku -- More logic puzzles -- Solitaire -- Clock solitaire -- Rebuses -- Paradoxes -- Peg solitaire -- Mazes -- Word searches -- Treasure hunts.
Summary
You'll be fascinated by all the kinds of exploration for boys of every age found within this compact volume. With step-by-step instructions, detailed lists of equipment and beautiful illustrations. A journey onto the exciting and fascinating art of boyhood experiments.
