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Mythbusters : the explosive truth behind 30 of the most perplexing urban legends of all time

Author: Keith Zimmerman; Kent Zimmerman
Publisher: New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, ©2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The hosts of the hit television series MythBusters go behind the scenes to provide the real story of thirty of our most baffling urban legends, explaining how they use modern-day scientific principles and methods to document what is fact and what is fiction, in a volume that includes illustrations, photographs, blueprints, and interviews to document the process. Leave no urban myth untested. Could you kill someone  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Keith Zimmerman; Kent Zimmerman
ISBN: 141690929X 9781416909293
OCLC Number: 62156278
Description: 205 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Killer robots, chicken guns and blueprints: week in the life of MythBusters --
Adam Savage: speed building and the vertical learning curve --
Jamie Hyneman: animatronics, robots, and MythBusters --
Elevator of death --
Buried alive! --
Case of exploding jawbreaker --
Is it worth running in the rain? --
Escape from Alcatraz --
Poppy seed drug test --
Medieval tree cannon --
Down with the Mythtanic! --
Midas myth of goldfinger --
Jet-assisted Chevy or JATO car --
Scuba diver forest fire myth --
Bug bomb! --
Ping-pong salvage, of how many ping-pong balls does it take to float your boat? --
Microwave madness --
Needle in the haystack --
Killer quicksand --
Rowing water skier --
Exploding implants! --
Killer playing card --
Penny drop! --
Mythbusters car capers --
Chicken gun: frozen or thawed? --
You can't beat the breath test! --
Great cement truck mix-up --
Mythbusters cola myth --
In search of the brown note --
Exploding CDs? --
Larry's lawn chair balloon --
Hammer bridge drop.
Responsibility: by Keith and Kent Zimmerman ; with Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, and Peter Rees.
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Special effects experts and hosts of Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" use modern-day science to show what's real and what's fiction, providing the explosive truth behind the 30 most perplexing urban  Read more...

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