Explosive Experiments

Horrible Science #Special

by Nick Arnold

Which scientist blew up his barbie in an experiment? Who tried - and failed - to get rid of his fingerprints with acid? How did scientists track down the chemical cause of cheesy socks? All these questions are answered in the one guide that no aspiring horrible scientist should be without. "Explosive Experiments" blows up the red hot details of dodgy experiments that have set the world of science alight! What's more - this book is filled with truly rotten experiments that can be tried at home. Kids can make their own artificial sick, make the moon shrink and create an underwater volcano.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[Siobhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a child I loved both history and science, so as you can imagine I loved both the Horrible Histories books and the Horrible Science books.

Whilst I did enjoy the Horrible Science books, I never read quite as many as I did the Horrible Histories books. For me, even as a child, the Horrible Science books seemed somewhat second rate to the Horrible Histories books.

Don’t get me wrong, they’re good books. They make learning fun in the same way as their history counterparts, there simply seems to be something lacking. Perhaps it was simply because I read the Horrible Histories first and thought this was trying too hard to be like those books, or it could have been something else – as I’ve said, I’m really not sure.

Still, the Horrible Science books are good for any science-loving child.

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

En vez de encontrarnos una lista de experimentos sin más -que también la hay- el autor nos cuenta historias divertidas, nos explica la vida de algunos científicos y nos pasea por las anécdotas de la ciencia más... ¡explosivas!

[Rainier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This had tons of fizzing experiments. Beware of the warnings! Don't forget if you have some old newspaper or a yard you can do some of them. There stuff like seeing inside your eyeballs, making a phantom ghost (some of you know about it, but the ones who don't I'm just writing if for ya),etc. I liked the one where you could make a drum just by using a tissue, a large piece of pipe, and some salt and a radio. A funny one is where Will D. Beast's nephew, Wilson, he always does stuff funny like thinking photosynthesis has something to do with holiday photos. Or when he put sand in Will D. Beast's tea. Or when he put woodlice down Will D. Beast's neck. Or when he crunched up the snails too hard. The snail's shells.

I would recommend this book to professors...anybody.