How to Fossilize Your Hamster

By: Mick O'Hare

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Synopsis: Explaining everything from the extraordinary reaction between Mentos and cola that sets off a geyser to the geological conditions necessary to preserve a family pet for eternity, Mick O'Hare of the New Scientist and his team present dozens of mind-opening experiments that display scientific principles in action: Extract the iron from your breakfast cereal, Measure the speed of light with a chocolate bar and a microwave oven, Investigate the essential physics for getting ketchup out of a bottle, Create an electrical field with a comb, Discover the secret of a martini that's shaken, not stirred, Figure out how much your head weighs (without losing it!). Book jacket.