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How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist

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About: New Scientist writer O'Hare provides instructions explains a multitude of science experiments that can easily be done at home.

Pros: Very interesting, varied topics and experiments. Written in easy-to-understand language. My favorite topics included the best ways to get ketchup out of a bottle, how to test if talking on a cell phone affects your reaction time (it does), why hot water freezes faster than cold water, why your vision is blurry underwater, how to extract iron from cereal and DNA from yourself. Apparently, Alka-Seltzer can be used for several cool experiments.

Cons: No sources cited. A further reading section would've been nice

I loved this book so much I need to buy one to keep for generations. I hope I can have fun doing some of these experiments with my children and someday my grandchildren. Easily understood scientific concepts in a visual display. Excellent!

It was a very mean thing to title the book, "How to Fossilize your Hamster" and then tell us to bury the dead hamster and wait eons. . . My children wanted this book because of the title and that's the first page we turned to. [we do have a pet cemetery' in our back yard that they were ready to excavate] I have seen experiments with bones before, so it did not seem way out there. This was a total disappointment. While its a cute gimmick, a 'non-experiment' should not be the title for a book of experiments. I thumbed through the book and felt it had the same unthinking attitude through out. There are so many better experiment books out. . .

deborah

The abstract about the book sounded good and I bought it. However, when I read it, it quickly became apparent that most of the science projects in the book were related to drinking. This is not for kids. It might be fun for a partying college student but, unless you're into drinking experiments, forget it. I sent this book back after examination. Skip it if you want information useful for a science fair project.