Don't try this at home -- Insane inventors -- No-nose Tycho -- Needle-eye Newton -- Sir Laughing Gas -- Puking for science -- Shy scientist -- Step right up to the science circus -- Inventor's lab: Make an electromagnet -- Inventor's lab: Build a protable light -- Anything for science -- Dr. Disgusting -- He ate what??? -- Hero inventor -- X-Ray queen -- Nikola Tesla's death ray -- Madame Curie fights a war -- Inventor's lab: Get glowing -- Inventor's lab: Trick your eyes -- Strange days of science -- The AC/DC war -- A heart for science -- Dr. Doggenstein -- Human crash test dummy -- Rocket man -- Death by invention -- Insanely fun -- Inventor's lab: Make a bottle squirt gun -- Inventor's lab: Build a moving force machine.
Summary:
Nikola Tesla was crazy smart. He invented the idea for cell phones in 1893, discovered alternating current, and invented a death ray gun. Of course, he also talked to pigeons, ate only boiled food, and was scared of women who wore jewelry. He was an insane inventor. So was Henry Cavendish, who discovered hydrogen, calculated the density of the Earth, and was so scared of people that he had to write notes to communicate. Sir Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravity, believed in magic, and thought he could make a potion to create gold. These stories may sound twisted, but they're all true tales from science! Provided by publisher.
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