Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home - But Probably Shouldn't [Paperback]

Author of the best-selling bookThe ElementsTheodore Gray demonstrates essential scientific principles through thrilling daredevil experiments.

InMad 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 inMad Scienceis 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 Scienceis the perfect book for anyone fascinated by all things chemical, electrical, or explosive, and who loves a vicarious thrill.Theodore Grayis the author ofThe Elements, Molecules, andReactions, as well asTheodore 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. I've spent 22 years working with Theo Gray on creating software, seeing him find simple ways to do the seemingly impossible. You're in for a treat here when he applies the same creativity and insight to revelcÐ