Make your own fax machine, pocket calculator, automatic egg boiler, and much more . . .
Built from items most of us have lying around the house, the projects in this book are hugely entertaining and scientifically revealing. Just making the models gives a "hands-on" understanding of the science and technology involved - as it did for the scientists who first experimented with them.
For 10 years, 'Local Heroes' presenter Adam Hart-Davis, dressed in his characteristic pink and yellow cycling outfit, has been making models to demonstrate the ideas and inventions of hundreds of British scientific pioneers.
Now, this book gives you the chance to follow in those heroes' footsteps and try out over 50 of the contraptions from the TV programme. They range from easy projects that show a scientific theory, like the Mini Submarine and Smoke Ring Cannon, to others you can actually use, such as the Pocket Calculator or the more complex Automatic Egg Boiler. For a real challenge, why not build the Fax Machine? This book has step-by-step instruction, with easy-to-follow diagrams and also gives you the chance to try your own experiments.
With this book people of all ages can enter the world of science and invention!
