Presents an assemblage of bizarre and outlandish activities - all in the name of science. This text takes readers on a journey of discovery, and along the way, budding experimenters may learn how to make a submarine, create their own 'Red Sky at Night', and manage a crystal harvest.
Sean Connolly will be familiar to listeners of BBC Radio Five Live and Radio Wales. Among his more than 50 books aimed at children and adults are Wholly Irresponsible Experiments and Witness to History: The Industrial Revolution. He has also written for the Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. His three children are either collaborators or guinea pigs, depending on the project.