Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science : Experiments You Can Do At Home, But Probably Shouldn't, The Complete and Updated Edition

**The ultimate Theodore Gray collection, __Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science__ collects every one of Gray's dramatic, visually spectacular, and enlightening scientific experiments into one complete volume.** Bestselling author Theodore Gray has spent more than a decade dreaming up, executing, photographing, and writing about extreme scientific experiments, which he then published between 2009 and 2014 in his monthly __Popular Science__ column "Gray Matter." Previously published in book form by Black Dog in two separate volumes (__Mad Science__ and __Mad Science 2__), these experiments, plus an additional 5, are available now in one complete book. __Completely Mad Science__ is 432 pages of dazzling chemical demonstrations, illustrated in spectacular full-color photographs. Experiments include: Casting a model fish out of mercury (demonstrating how this element behaves very differently depending upon temperature); the famous Flaming Bacon Lance that can cut through steel (demonstrating the amount of energy contained in fatty foods like bacon); creating nylon thread out of pure liquid by combining molecules of hexamethylenediamine and sebacoyl chloride; making homemade ice cream using a fire extinguisher and a pillow case; powering your iPhone using 150 pennies and an apple, and many, many more. Theodore Gray is the author of __The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe; Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything; Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Probably Shouldn't;__ and __Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do at Home, but__ Still __Probably Shouldn't__. He lives in Urbana, Illinois. Bestselling author Theodore Gray has spent more than a decade dreaming up, executing, photographing, and writing about extreme scientific experiments, which he then published between 2009 and 2014 in his monthly Popular Science column "Gray Matter." Previously published in book form by Black Dog in two separate volumes (Mad Science and Mad Science 2), these experiments, plus an additional 5, are available now in one complete book. Completely Mad Science is 432 pages of dazzling chemical demonstrations, illustrated in spectacular full-color photographs. Experiments include: Casting a model fish out of mercury (demonstrating how this element behaves very differently depending upon temperature); the famous Flaming Bacon Lance that can cut through steel (demonstrating the amount of energy contained in fatty foods like bacon); creating nylon thread out of pure liquid by combining molecules of hexamethylenediamine and sebacoyl chloride; making homemade ice cream using a fire extinguisher and a pillow case; powering your iPhone using 150 pennies and an apple, and many, many more.-- Provided by publisher The ultimate Theodore Gray collection, Completely Mad Science collects every one of Gray's dramatic, visually spectacular, and ultimately enlightening scientific experiments-94 in all- into one complete volume. Experimental cuisine Doomsday DIY Chemical power Practical fire Impractical fire Heavy metal Natural wonders In which the author endangers his hand Twisted shop class.