Claybourne, Anna

Text and illustrations present ten hands-on biology experiments using plants and other materials.

"Those studying art spend a long time learning about how to create the right perspective. Depending on what's around a tree or animal, the main part of the image can look different, bigger, smaller, closer, or farther away. It's really just a trick. Readers learn how the brain is affected by these optical illusions"--Provided by publisher.

"A picture shows exactly how things look. Well, it does most of the time. However, our brains use lines and angles to figure out whether buildings are bigger than each other or leaning in an odd way. This book shows readers exactly how pictures can be optical illusions and why they see what they do"--Provided by publisher.

"Salvador Dali is just one artist that employed the use of double images in his art. This historical practice can really puzzle someone looking at Dali's artwork, until they see the second image. This book introduces readers to . . . artistic concepts as well as how the human brain perceives them. Readers draw connections between scientific theory, art, and their own experiences looking at the many optical illusions found in each chapter"--Provided by publisher.

"Surprsing, and disgusting, facts and stories about animals, nature and the world around us"--Provided by publisher.

Make a simple refrigerator like pottery-maker Mohammed Bah Abba did that does not use electricity, or create little models of people out of ice like sculptor Nele Azevedo.

"Learn about mechanics as you build a vending machine like ancient Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria did, or a tentacle prosthetic arm like industrial design student Kaylene Kau, and more"--Provided by publisher.

"The discoveries and works of . . . scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists are turned into hands-on projects. Directions and step-by-step photographs allow readers to recreate dozens of different experiments. Each project includes a summary of the applied science behind the discovery or work, as well as a profile of the creator who inspired it"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn about the properties of sound as you build your own amplifier like experimenter Athanasius Kircher did, or turn the sound of you voice into unusual patterns of art like singer/composer Megan Watts Hughes, and more"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn about the properties of living things as you draw a realistic-looking fossil like paleontologist Mary Anning did and make a plaster cast of it, or make your own terrarium like Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to study plants and insects, and more"--Provided by publisher.