William Gurstelle

The Practical Pyromaniac

Build Fire Tornadoes, One-Candlepower Engines, Great Balls of Fire, and More Incendiary Devices

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Produktbeschreibung

Combining science, history, and DIY pyrotechnics, this book explains humankind's most useful and paradoxical tool: fire. Gurstelle presents 25 projects with instructions, diagrams, photos, and links to video demonstrations that enable people of all ages to explore and safely play with fire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chicago Review Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 180mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9781569767108
• ISBN-10: 1569767106
• Artikelnr.: 32860336

Autorenporträt

William Gurstelle is a professional engineer who has been researching and building model catapults and ballistic devices for more than 30 years. He is the author of Absinthe & Flamethrowers, The Art of the Catapult; the bestselling Backyard Ballistics; Building Bots, Whoosh, Boom, Splat; and Notes from the Technology Underground. He is a contributing editor at Make magazine and writes frequently for The Rake, Wired, and several other national magazines.