Surfing Scientist: 40 Cool Science Tricks - Softcover

Meerman, Ruben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0733320805 ISBN 13: 9780733320804

Publisher: ABC Books, 2007

Synopsis

Want to learn how to stick a potato through a straw? How you can make ice stick to a piece of cotton thread? Stick two books together without glue? Pick up a jar of rice with a pencil? Impress your mates? too easy - the Surfing Scientist can show you how! Using only household ingredients and with nothing tricky for kids to buy, this book is perfect for every budding scientist or surfer! And it's packed with facts, knowledge and trivia that interests and fascinates kids, and with photographs of each experiment to make the whole process easy but most of all fun! Be careful - swim between the experiments!

About this title

About the Author

Ruben Meerman decided to study physics at school in an attempt to sit next to a hot girl. Sadly, this didn't work, but it was the beginning of another beautiful relationship … with science! Ruben did a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physics at Queensland University of Technology and worked for a while in an optical lab. Things started to head in a different direction when he was accepted into the Graduate Diploma in Science Communication at the Australian National University. Ruben is a regular on the ABC’s ROLLERCOASTER and also CATALYST.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0733320805
• ISBN 13: 9780733320804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98