Vicki Cobb

How to Really Fool Yourself

Illusions for All Your Senses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fans of Vicki Cobb's unique blend of humor, science, and hands-on activities will have tons of fun with "How to Really Fool Yourself." Kids won't be able to believe their eyes— not to mention their ears, noses, hands, and tongues! Packed with all-new illustrations and a delightful new design, this book features over 70 activities to fool all five senses. Each illusion is followed by a fascinating "Why You're Fooled" section that explains the science and history behind the "magic." Illusions of touch, taste, hearing, smell, and sight include: the Incredible Shrinking Sugar Cube, Flavorless Coffee, Movie-Style Sound Effects, Making Circles from Straight Lines, and many more The hardcover edition of "How to Really Fool Yourself" has sold 90,000 copies A Main Selection of the Primary Teachers' Book Clu

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9780471315926
• ISBN-10: 0471315923
• Artikelnr.: 21168242

Autorenporträt

Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children.

Inhaltsangabe

A Sense of Reality.
Weird Feelings.
Strange Sounds and a Taste for the Mysterious.
Bizarre Shapes and Sizes.
Brightness Mad and Color Crazed.
Phantom Moves.
Mirages and Other Visual Oddities.
Great Misconceptions.
Index.

Rezensionen

"Interesting, informative, and fun."--School Library Journal

"Clear and lively . . . links the puzzles to scientificfact."--ALA Booklist

"Simple and direct, suitably lighthearted. . . . This unpretentiousaccount might just win over a couple of investigators of thefuture!"--Scientific American