Description
From the Book Back
A colorful and exciting companion to the popular MythBusters TV series! It’s a tough job separating truth from urban legend, but the MythBusters are here to serve. For example, is it true that if you step in quicksand you’ll be sucked down to your death? Only two men would be inventive — and adventurous — enough to try to find out: Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the MythBusters. Each week, hosts Savage and Hyneman, both special effects experts, use modern science to put another three urban legends to the test on their popular TV show. In this book, you’ll learn how they either “busted” or confirmed fifteen myths on their show, often with spectacular results. Here are just some of the urban legends in this book:
• Did a Ming Dynasty astronaut launch himself into space with a rocket?
• Can a swallowed octopus egg grow to full-size inside a person’s stomach?
• Is the daddy longlegs the world’s most venomous spider?
• Will a sinking ship suck you down?
• How many balloons are needed to lift a small child off the ground?
• Does a duck’s quack echo?
MythBusters: Don’t Try This at Home! gets to the bottom of these urban legends and more, and it lets you do your own mythbusting with fun experiments you can do safely at home.
Publishing Info
Mythbusters: Don’t Try This At Home! (Unless We Tell You To) by Mary Packard. From Discovery Channel and Jossey-Bass with 2006 copyright. The ISBN is 0-7879-8369-1. This paperback book measures 10″ x 8″ and has 144 pages, ending with the Index.
Condition
See photo. In very good condition overall with scuffs and a handling dimple on the front cover. The spine has not been opened/creased and the pages in very good condition. No names or markings noted. Stored in and ships from clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
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