Product Description

This funny and enchanting book bubbles with fantastical tricks, experiments and inventions - all of which can be conjured up from the seemingly innocuous world of the garden shed! Packed with over 100 ingenious projects, this magical book is guaranteed to interest and illuminate - as well as bring hours of uninterrupted fun and enjoyment. Whether you want to make slime, create glow-in-the-dark gherkins, make a teabag fly, build a static electricity flea circus, erect a homemade power station, construct a can crusher, create a hologram, make square bubbles or extract DNA from food, this book is a treasure trove of bright ideas that will bring out the secret sorcerer and scientist in everyone. And of course, all the experiments are tested, safe and easy to complete, to ensure that you and your shed don't disappear in a puff of smoke. Fully illustrated with antique artwork, this gem of a book is set to become another cult classic - welcome to the adventure of shed science!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14853 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

About the Author
Rob Beattie remembers only too well his dad's shed (actually it was a garage, but it was a shed in spirit) and the many wondrous experiments that came out of it. From making dancing spaghetti to creating his own insecticide, he learnt all the tricks that are essential for making the most of your shed. He is a journalist who writes about technology and music and has written for The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Observer and Easy PC. He lives in Brighton with a great shed at the bottom of the garden.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source of science experiments...
after the amount of cool things in this book, the small number of things to do in the dangerous book for boys is disappointing. but both books are good in their own way i guess.
the layout of this book, is clearer too, done in a nice compact way, its easy to see what to do, and experiments range from testing acids and alkali to making a a battery, an electromagnet, how to make a 'bicarb volcano'(though i knew how to do this already its cool that it has the instructions cheap when the ready made kits can be relatively expensive).

apparently we can also extract dna from a vegetable - i'm really amazed by this-and if this is true, its worth the book price alone for me. i am looking forward to trying it-i just need to get some meat tenderiser...

book review.
Never read it myself as bought for a gift but recipient seemed to enjoy it.