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Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars,...

Ordinary folks can construct 13 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple-a match-powered rocket-to the more complex-a scale-model, table-top catapult-to the offbeat-a tennis ball cannon. With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting, explains the physics behind the projects, and profiles scientists and extraordinary experimenters such as Alfred Nobel, Robert Goddard, and Isaac Newton. This book will be indispensable for the legions of backyard toy-rocket launchers and fireworks fanatics who wish every day was the fourth of July.  more

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3/5
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Posted: Jan-06-2009
Supervision Required

I bought this book for my 11 year old son, thinking he would be able to put some of these together himself. These are clearly devices that rquire supervision not only for firing, but also for constructing. Very cool, but not for...

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4/5
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Posted: Dec-27-2008
great book

I am very pleased with this book. It gives very simple instructions for some very exciting "science projects" and even explains the theories that make these things work. Very fun for father and son time in the garage.

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5/5
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Posted: Nov-24-2008
This book is awesome

Do you have children? Do you have nephews? Do you have friends with kids? Are you ok with possibly angering your neighbors? Then this is the book for you. This book is full of the kind of stuff that we all took a shot at when we were...

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4/5
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Posted: Sep-19-2008
Tons of Fun!

This is one dads and boys will get a kick out of together. The text is easy and enjoyable (even for mom) to read. Whether you are using it for science or history (making sort-of replicas or understanding the technology of certain...

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4/5
From: Amazon
Posted: Dec-27-2008
great book

I am very pleased with this book. It gives very simple instructions for some very exciting "science projects" and even explains the theories that make these things work. Very fun for father and son time in the garage.

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3/5
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Posted: Jan-06-2009
Supervision Required

I bought this book for my 11 year old son, thinking he would be able to put some of these together himself. These are clearly devices that rquire supervision not only for firing, but also for constructing. Very cool, but not for...

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1/5
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Posted: Aug-07-2004
Bogus History, Stick to Ballistics

This is the sort of book I'd ordinarily be eager to read. I got a chance to look through it at a local bookstore, however, and found it a great disappoinment. I didn't think most of the projects were all that interesting.But what...

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