Theo Gray's Mad Science

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 240 pages, 300 colour illus

Publisher:Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

Imprint:Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc

ISBN:9781579128753

Published:20 Nov 2005

Weight:950g

Dimensions:252 x 217 x 17 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

作者通过一些常人难以想象甚至很危险的实验，为我们展示了看似简单但却奥妙无穷的科学原理。很多实验甚至超越了你的常识，让你大吃一惊。将告诉你怎样用饼干发射火箭模型，怎样从玻璃杯中变出尼龙丝，怎样制造漂亮的电池，甚至包括如何用液氮快速制作美味的冰激凌，如何用火柴点燃钢铁，如何用水银制作最原始的电动机……

Author of the best-selling book The Elements Theodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments.

In Mad Science, Theodore Gray launches a toy rocket using the energy released from an Oreo cookie, ignites a phosphorus sun by suspending half a gram of white phosphorus in a globe filled with pure oxygen and creates a homemade hot tub by adding 500 pounds of quicklime to water. These are just a few of the 54 experiments included in this astonishing book that demonstrates essential scientific principles in ways you were likely never exposed to in school.

Every experiment in Mad Science is accompanied by full-color photographs that provide a front-row seat to rarely seen chemical reactions and glorious subatomic activity. To further enhance the hands-on experience, Gray includes step-by-step instructions for nearly every experiment. Following all of the safety guidelines, readers can even re-create some of the experiments in the book.

Mad Science is the perfect book for anyone fascinated by all things chemical, electrical, or explosive, and who loves a vicarious thrill.

作者简介

西奥多·格雷（Theodore Gray），是一位化学家，更是一位疯狂的元素收藏家。他多年来费尽心血收集了2000多件与元素有关的标本和物品，其收藏可以与任何一个专业的博物馆媲美。他是一位热心的科普作家，著名的科普杂志《大众科学》（Popular·Science）上有他开辟的专栏，他还是探索频道（Discovery channel）节目的嘉宾。他设计了众多独树一帜的图标式元素周期表，它们被广泛张贴在美国的学校和博物馆中。他发明的元素周期表桌子是如此标新立异，甚至获得了2002年度搞笑诺贝尔奖，并因此闻名于世。

西奥多·格雷的著作均非常畅销，他所著的《视觉之旅：神奇的化学元素》一书已用近20种文字在全球众多国家和地区出版，其中英文版已销售20多万册，日文版在不到一年的时间内销售了8万多册。令人欣喜的是，《视觉之旅：神奇的化学元素》简体中文版也已由人民邮电出版社出版发行，读者可以从中领略元素的神奇与美丽。

Theodore Gray is the author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions, as well as Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science. He is the creator of the bestselling iPad apps "Elements" and "Molecules," which have both been named "App of the Week" by Apple and was Director of "Disney Animated" (also honored by Apple as "iPad App of the Year"). Gray appeared on stage with Steve Jobs several times in his capacity as a software creator. He also co-founded Wolfram Research, Inc., makers of the widely-used software Mathematica and the Wolfram Alpha website. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.