Bubble Gum Science

by Klutz (Editor)

Around here, we think of bubble gum as bite-sized science, chewable chemistry, inflatable physics. In Bubble Gum Science, we explored the science of bubble gum as none before us have. For example: Thanks to bubble gum, we know why planets are round. We can draw bubble gum graphs. We can baffle ourselves with bubble gum math. We can prove bubble gum hypotheses. And, since the book comes with a package of genuine Bazooka bubble gum, you can, too.

44 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Klutz is a publishing company started in Palo Alto, California in 1977 and acquired by Scholastic Inc. in 2002. The first Klutz book was a how-to guide titled Juggling for the Complete Klutz, which came provided with juggling beanbags attached in a mesh bag. The book was created by three friends who graduated from Stanford University: Darrell Lorentzen, John Cassidy, and B.C. Rimbeaux. Since then the company has continued to specialize in activity-driven books sold along with other items needed for the activity. Not all the books are about developing a skill; there has also been a geography book containing, among other physical attachments, packets of rice corresponding to the average daily caloric intake among the poorest people of the world. Many of their books are spiral bound and teach various crafts. The items needed are usually included with the book, e.g. the juggling guide. The Klutz credo is: Create wonderful things, be good, have fun.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Re-read this recently -- loved it as a kid. I just loved these cool Klutz books in general. Anything that had something that came with it. I totally remember going for double and triple bubbles.

It's strange to read it now -- there are so many references to writing to Klutz or sending in proof or all sorts of stuff that made the book seem interactive in a way the internet now is. Of course, the internet was around at these times -- I was Neopetting it up pretty early. But it's still all snail-mail based.