The Cheshire Cat and Other Eye-Popping Experiments on How We See the World (The Exploratorium Science Snackbook Series)
by Paul Doherty
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Doherty-Chesire Cat-115169 Bring the fun of a world-famous science museum into your own classroom or home! THE EXPLORATORIUM SCIENCE SNACKBOOK SERIES "Clear, concise, and visual--the best assortment of wonder- filled ideas I have seen. A must-have." --Paul Hewitt, author of Conceptual Physics "Almost as much fun as exploring the Exploratorium, which, of course, is a googolplex of fun." --Jearl Walker, author of The Flying Circus of Physics, with Answers Now you can do your own version of 26 show more Exploratorium experiments on perception. All you need is a little curiosity, a few simple materials . . . and this book. Each experiment is easy to do, fully illustrated, and loaded with advice, ideas, helpful hints, and eye-popping discoveries. Create the illusion of magically floating cubes. Make a bird mysteriously appear in a cage. Through these and other projects in The Cheshire Cat, learn how your eyes and brain work together to see the world in weird, amazing ways. San Francisco's EXPLORATORIUM, source of the best-selling Explorabook, hosts half a million visitors each year. PAUL DOHERTY is the Director of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, which introduces and encourages inquiry-based science teaching. DON RATHJEN is a physics and resource teacher-in-residence at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute. Also available in The Exploratorium Science Snackbook Series: The Magic Wand and Other Bright Experiments on Light and Color show lessTags
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Effective for classrooms and homeschoolers as a supplement to a text. ?áNot in-depth enough for me. ?áNot sure what the organization is, either: lots of experiments depend, for example, on persistence of vision... but not only do they not refer to each other or make up a chapter, but they aren't even adjacent. ?áEach Snack" is self-contained, and I don't think I could have learned anything. ?áThen again, I already have read plenty of books on the science of optical illusions &etc.
Iow, it's much like the Exploratorium museum experience that inspired it. ?áMake (or visit) each demonstration at will, and learn the snippet of info. Repeat as desired."
Iow, it's much like the Exploratorium museum experience that inspired it. ?áMake (or visit) each demonstration at will, and learn the snippet of info. Repeat as desired."
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Mystery writer P. C. Doherty was born in Middlesborough, England. He is probably best known for the series which includes Ghostly Murders, A Tournament of Murders, A Tapestry of Murders, and An Ancient Evil. Other works include The Rose Demon, Satan's Fire, and The Devil's Hunt. Doherty also has published under the pen names of Paul Harding (The show more Nightingale Gallery) and Michael Clynes (The White Rose Murders). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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