Sounds Dreadful

Horrible Science

by Nick Arnold

If you think that you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as the world of rumbling resonance, shocking sound waves and sonic boom gets a sound check. Find out how sound waves make your ear drums tremble and why listening to church bells might give you a nose bleed!

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Humor, Comics, Physics, Collections

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

197 - 2019

[Tracey Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a good book with a lot of information.

[Shourya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really Did Sound Dreadful!!

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read to my nine-year-old.

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for adults and kids. Fun drawings, fun facts and cool experiments that even I couldn't resist giving a go.

[Hanna M.K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like all the other Horrible Science books, this book was a really awesome book because it kept engaging me to keep on reading. With the funny pictures that relate to the topic and the jokes that actually teaches us things, that is the things that are awesome about this non-fiction book because it is really rare to have non-fiction books with humour and jokes in it! I recommend these series of non-fiction book because it is really entertaining but still has a lot of information in it!

[Mao Mao · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can't only hear sound waves, but you can also feel them! But even humans can make sounds so loud they shatter glass! ROAR! The loudest sound that a human can stand is 130dB(decibels), which makes your finger joints swell, your chest wobble, you get numb hands and feet, and you become giddy. When the sound reaches 210dB, it can knock holes not only in glass, but even in lead(but I think it will not knock though two separate thick metals)!

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is Reaaaaaaaaaally funny, even though it's a science book!!!!!!!

[Millie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this series is brilliant for introducing science to children in a fun way. It certainly worked for me as a child!

[Rainier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sounds dreadful
I think of a sound... What is it???? The book. I want to have all the interments
This is about souuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnddddddd
I wa=nt To rATe itA 5 stars!!!!