Can You Feel the Force?: Big Questions About Physics - Softcover

Hammond, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1465439048 ISBN 13: 9781465439048

Publisher: DK Children, 2015

Synopsis

A fun, quirky look at the weird and wonderful side of physics, Can You Feel the Force? explores the physics of everyday things -- from how balloons stretch and stick to walls, to why the sky is blue, to why stars twinkle.

Designed to appeal equally to children who are intimidated by science and those who love it, Can you Feel the Force? is not just a reference book -- it's interactive with fun activities to try at home. Inside the pages are age appropriate text and experiments that will determine what's the best seat on a roller coaster, why does bubble gum stretch, why do fighter pilots have to wear specially tightened underwear, and why the world looks weird when you drive a car at the speed of light. Discover the recipe for slime, the secret of piercing a balloon without bursting it, and find out how to stick objects together with nothing but the magical force of friction; plus learn the ideas and discoveries of Galileo, Newton, Franklin and other key players in the defining principles and laws of physics.

Clear, exciting images and engaging text will make physics understandable and make kids curious to learn more in Can you Feel the Force?

About this title

Review:

"Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond gets all fired about science and how it affects everything around us with his new funky physics book, Can You Feel the Force?" Funday Times Online 27/06/06

About the Author:

Richard Hammond loves cars and science. As the author of Can You Feel the Force?, cohost of one British television show about cars (Top Gear), and the host of another about science (Brainiac), his dreams come true on a daily basis. His passion for learning has also taken him around the world in search of the Holy Grail (he didn't find it) for British television. He is married with two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1465439048
• ISBN 13: 9781465439048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96