This amazing book from the famous Naked Scientists offers a fun way to introduce science to children, with 50 simple experiments that produce spectacular results. Want to know how to create fireworks from a bag of crisps? Turn rice into quicksand?

Want to know how to create fireworks from a chip bag? Turn rice into quicksand? Generate a cloud in a soft drink bottle? How about build a toaster-powered hot air balloon, or work out the speed of light using margarine and a microwave? In this amazing book, you'll find 50 incredible experiments like these to try at home. Easy and fun to do, whether you're 8 or 80, they will amuse, astound, and educate in equal measure—see the amazing results then find out why it works! So whether it's racing jam jars, making a bowl invisible, or instantly freezing a soft drink before your eyes—with the Naked Scientists' help, you'll never have a dull rainy day again. Each exciting experiment is enough to get anyone interested in science. Most of the activities can be performed with commonplace materials that you probably already have lying around the house. Concise scientific explanations are included on how and why the experiments actually work. THE NAKED SCIENTISTS® are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use their award-winning radio shows, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials and promote it to the general public. The Naked Scientists Podcast is one of the world's most downloaded science podcasts—this iTunes Top 20 Science & Medicine Podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Over the last 10 years the Naked Scientists team has won 9 prestigious national and international awards for science communication.

“The show is arguably a unique programme—amidst the bold front-page health shock stories promoted by increasingly needy tabloids, The Naked Scientists takes a measured, reasoned and educated approach to scientific journalism.” —Wired.co.uk   “An eclectic mix of science that is globally relevant” —I, Science    “A real winner...counterintuitive experiments that anyone can try at home using every day materials.” —BBC Focus   “Really full of cracking ideas for making boys laugh at their mothers” —The Little Wooden Horse