MythBusters: Don't Try This at Home |  | Authors: Discovery Channel, Mary Packard
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 272037
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0787983691
Dewey Decimal Number: 507.8
EAN: 9780787983697
ASIN: 0787983691
Publication Date: February 10, 2006
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Product Description
It's a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. For example, is it true that if you step in quicksand , you'll be sucked down to your death? Only two men would be inventive - and adventurous - enough to try to find out: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the MythBusters. Each week, hosts Savage and Hyneman, both special effects experts, use modern science to put another three urban legends to the test on their popular TV show. In this book, you'll learn how they either "busted" or confirmed fifteen myths on their show, often with spectacular results. Here are just some of the urban legends in this book: -
Did a Ming Dynasty astronaut launch himself into space with a rocket? -
Can a swallowed octopus egg grow to full size inside a person's stomach? -
Is the daddy longlegs the world's most venomous spider? -
Will a sinking ship suck you down? -
How many balloons are needed to lift a small child off the ground? -
Does a duck's quack echo? Mythbusters: Don't Try This at Home! gets to the bottom of these urban legends and more, and it lets you do your own mythbusting with fun experiments you can do safely at home.
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 A fun book October 25, 2006
Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
In this great book, Adam and Jamie, the MythBusters, take aim fifteen myths. Each myth is given its own chapter, which includes pictures from the television shows, step-by-step information on how they tested the myth, and a conclusion. As an added bonus, each chapter contains a "Do try this at home" project, so that you can test aspects of the myth yourself, and a Brainbusters quiz.
This is a fun book, with lots of that great MythBusters sense of wackiness. Is it educational? I suppose so. Is it a lot of fun? It sure is.
In case you are interested, the fifteen chapters are: 1) Toy Car Race (is a toy car faster going downhill than a real car?), 2) Pea Project (does talking to your plant make it grow?), 3) Round Trip (does a goldfish learn?), 4) Octopus Pregnancy (can a tadpole survive in a human stomach?), 5) Daddy Longlegs (are daddy longlegs the deadliest spiders?), 6) Toothbrush Surprise (is storing your toothbrush near the toilet bad for your health?), 7) Up, Up and Away! (how many balloons does it take to lift a kid?), 8) Sinking Ship (does a sinking suck survivors down with it?, 9) Running in the Rain (if you run during when its raining, do you stay dryer?), 10) Does a Duck's Quack Echo? (well, does it?), 11) Ming Dynasty Astronaut (could a 16th century Chinese astrologer have blasted himself into orbit?), 12) All Fall Down (can people walking in step wreck a suspension bridge?), 13) Ancient Death Ray (could Archimedes have created a sun-powered death ray?), 14) Baghdad Battery (could the ancients have built batteries?), and 15) Killer Quicksand (just what does quicksand do to you?)
It's a fun book, buy it and enjoy!
Fun and Educational March 7, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a great addition to your MythBusters collection( if you don't have a MythBusters collection, you should make one- this show rules!!!) This book combines the fun science and humor of the show with do-at-home experiments. If you are searching for a book that makes learning fun, look no more.
Kids Love It! January 9, 2007
Charles H. Smith (Frisco, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for my 4 boys this Christmas and they really love it! We watch MythBusters every week on Discovery Channel and this book is a great in reviewing what was shown on TV. We have the first book that was released and this book is an excellent addition. Very easy to read and lots of pictures. Its perfect for all ages!
Kids love it May 23, 2007
Barrootz (Southern, CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My kids really love the show and the books.
I have two boys aged 10 and 14.
Perfect for Cub Scouts June 11, 2008
D. Stephenson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book without ever having seen the show, thinking it was *just* the thing for my 8-10 yo Cub Scouts. I couldn't have been more right! I was surprised to learn they *all* watch it, and love the show, so I made sure to catch it for myself and my family. It's a great way to talk to young boys, and to get the shyer ones to talk to the other boys. There's not much by way of 'how to', a lot of it (and the show) is geared to 'don't try this at home'. The Diet Coke and Mentos experiment was a most excellent way of illustrating the Scientific Method in a most memorable (and messy - bonus points there!) way. I got that from the show.
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