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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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Abstract:
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 legends of all time.
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