ISBN Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science book Science & nature English Hardcover 408 pages

The ultimate Theodore Gray collection,Theodore Gray’s Completely Mad Sciencecollects 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 monthlyPopular Sciencecolumn “Gray Matter.” Previously published in book form by Black Dog in two separate volumes (Mad ScienceandMad Science 2), these experiments, plus an additional 5, are available now in one complete book.Completely Mad Scienceis 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 ofThe 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;andMad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do at Home, butStillProbably Shouldn’t. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.