Foolish Physics (Raintree: Weird History of Science) - Softcover

John Townsend

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406205621 ISBN 13: 9781406205626

Publisher: Raintree Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Physics deals with energy like heat and sound, forces such as gravity, what's in a lightning flash - and why planes crash. Physicists risked their lives with dangerous experiments and some blew themselves to pieces. In this book, read about the monk who tried to fly like a bird, how bath time proved a gold crown was fake, and why electric shocks were measured by how high they made people jump.

About this title

About the Author

John Townsend has been in teaching for 25 years, and has been a full-time writer since January 2003. He has written more than sixty books for young people, on such wide-ranging subjects as monsters, urban legends, spiders, computer crime, and spies. He has also written the recent thrillers The Hand and The Omen and the Ghost. He lives in England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Raintree Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1406205621
• ISBN 13: 9781406205626
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48