Uncle John's Facts to Go: Mad Science

A collection of crazy science facts on everything from rocket ships and death rays to atoms, experiments, and bizarre scientists.

From the amazing to the amusing, this byte-sized collection will bring you the inside stories behind earth-shattering discoveries, accidental inventions, and outlandish studies. Featuring Uncle John’s most mind-bending science articles—along with a few all-new “experiments”—this book will make you think, make you laugh, and make you ask yourself, “What the heck were they thinking?”

Get ready to cackle like a mad scientist as you uncover the truth about . . .

· The mystery of Tesla’s death ray machine

· How to reanimate the dead

· The next space race: Interstellar travel

· Serendipity: The origins of the microwave oven and Silly Putty

· The eccentric Dr. Einstein

· The simple science behind nuclear fission

· “Pigeons’ Ability to Discriminate Between Monet and Picasso” and other strange-but-true studies

· Toilets in Spaaaaace!

And much, much more