Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab: A Novel with Electromagnets, Burglar Alarms, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Science Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith (Hardback, 2013)
Nick and Tesla are bright 12-year-old siblings with a knack for science, electronics, and getting into trouble. When their parents mysteriously vanish, they're sent to live with their Uncle Newt, a brilliant inventor who engineers top-secret gadgets for a classified government agency. It's t long before Nick and Tesla are embarking on adventures of their own-engineering all kinds of outrageous MacGyverish contraptions to save their skin: 9-volt burglar alarms, electromagnets, mobile tracking devices, and more. Readers are invited to join in the fun as each story contains instructions and blueprints for five different projects. In Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab, we meet the characters and learn how to make everything from rocket launchers to soda-powered vehicles. Learning about science has never been so dangerous-or so much fun!
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quirk Books
ISBN-10
1594746486
ISBN-13
9781594746482
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189866189
Product Key Features
Author
Steve Hockensmith, Science Bob Pflugfelder
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Children's Fiction
Genre
Children's Fiction
Dimensions
Weight
363g
Height
178mm
Width
127mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Spine
23mm
Content Note
Two-Colour Throughout
Author Biography
Science Bob Pflugfelder is an elementary school teacher based in Newton, Massachussetts. He has made many television appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live with Kelly and Michael, The Dr. Oz Show, and other media outlets. These are his first books. Steve Hockensmith is the author of a New York Times best seller (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls) and an Edgar Award nominee (Holmes on the Range). He lives in Alameda, California.