The Surfing Scientist: 40 Cool Science tricks

By Ruben Meerman

Find out how to make ordinary stuff do extraordinary things with Ruben Meerman, the Surfing Scientist!Ages 7-12.
Want to learn how to stick a potato through a straw? How you can make ice stick to a piece of cotton thread? Stick two books together without glue? Pick up a jar of rice with a pencil? Impress your mates? too easy - the Surfing Scientist can show you how!Using only household ingredients and with nothing tricky for kids to buy, this book is perfect for every budding scientist or surfer! And it's packed with facts, knowledge and trivia that interests and fascinates kids, and with photographs of each experiment to make the whole process easy but most of all fun!'Perfect for curious kids, amazing and great fun - every cool science trick in tHE book!' Dr Karl KruszelnickiAges 7-12.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Jul 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9780730445456

Ruben Meerman

Ruben Meerman decided to study physics at school in an attempt to sit next to a hot girl. Sadly, this didn't work, but it was the beginning of another beautiful relationship … with science! Ruben did a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physics at Queensland University of Technology and worked for a while in an optical lab. Things started to head in a different direction when he was accepted into the Graduate Diploma in Science Communication at the Australian National University. Ruben is a regular on the ABC’s ROLLERCOASTER and also CATALYST.