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MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time |  | Authors: Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman
Creators: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Peter Rees
Publisher: Gallery
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 62901
Media: Paperback
Edition: Original
Pages: 224
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7 x 0.5
ISBN: 141690929X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9781416909293
ASIN: 141690929X
Publication Date: October 25, 2005
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Product Description
Leave no urban myth untested.Could you kill someone by dropping a penny from a skyscraper? Can an unsuspecting scuba diver be sucked out of the water by a firefighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Can you save yourself in a plummeting elevator by jumping just before it hits bottom? Special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, hosts of the Discovery Channel's top-rated MythBusters, use modern-day extreme science to show you what's real and what's fiction. With photographs, illustrations, blueprints, and exclusive interviews to document the mythbusting process, MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time will examine dozens of urban legends, from exploding toilets to being buried alive -- these guys have tested them all. Eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and even laugh-inducing, this book will delight armchair scientists, curious readers, and fans of the show alike. Keith and Kent Zimmerman are the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Hell's Angel and The Best Damn Sports Book, Period, among others.
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 A well-done book based on a great show! January 3, 2007
Readz Alot (USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've only caught MythBusters a few times on tv, but enjoy it enough to have shelled out for the book. It's fun to be able to read about their efforts without having to go to the effort to remember when the show is on tv ...
Well written, with the same sense of humor and fun that Adam and Jamie display on the air.
(And, for the reviewer who panned the book because she 'didn't know it was based on a tv show,' ... why should you blame the book because you didn't read the description? The summary very clearly states what the book is about, and what it's based on!)
Great pictures and myths- should come out with more of these December 30, 2006
Jimbobwe
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a fun little book with great color pictures and interesting myths. One could be tempted to skip through all the writing about what they actually did during the show and just read if the myth's busted. Very interesting and easy to just flip through- certainly don't need to read it cover to cover.
Considering these 30 myths were probably from about 20 of their many episodes, they should come out with more books like this so people who don't get the Discovery Channel (like me) and can only catch it occasionally somewhere else can read up on the myths in these nifty books.
Great gift January 12, 2008
Colleen A. Kotars (Syracuse, NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I try to buy my son a Mythbusters book each year & again he loved it - thanks and nice fast shipping!
Myth Busters January 25, 2009
M. Brown (St. Louis, MO)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I gave both of the Myth Buster books to my son, who is an Industrial Tech teacher in high school. He is really looking forward to using them with his students.
BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION December 5, 2005
HaroldGarySpencer (Racine, Wisconsin, USA)
20 out of 35 found this review helpful
This show is in its 4th Season, and Adam and Jamie STILL haven't run out of urban legends to put the scientific test to. Fascinating and fun science. Nice to have 30 of the best myths in book form, but the real way to enjoy "Mythbusters" is to watch the show -- every week on Discovery -- and to buy the DVD collections. And if you love Mythbusters, be sure to pick up all of the books by Jan Harold Brunvand ("The Baby Train", "The Choking Doberman", "Curses! Broiled Again!", "The Urban Legend Encyclopedia", and many more titles). Also, check out the new book "Turn Me On, Dead Man" by Andru J. Reeve. It explores, in depth, the entire story behind the Paul McCartney Death Hoax of 1969. Like the Mythbusters, Reeve gets to the truth behind the myth. Buy all of these books and DVDs right here at Amazon.com and watch "Mythbusters" every Wednesday on Discovery.
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