Mythbusters : the explosive truth behind 30 of the most perplexing urban legends of all time
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Description: The hosts of the hit television series MythBusters go behind the scenes to provide the real story of thirty of our most baffling urban legends, explaining how they use modern-day scientific principles and methods to document what is fact and what is fiction, in a volume that includes illustrations, photographs, blueprints, and interviews to document the process. Leave no urban myth untested. Could you kill someone by dropping a penny from a skyscraper? Can an unsuspecting scuba diver be sucked out of the water by a firefighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Can you save yourself in a plummeting elevator by jumping just before it hits bottom? Special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, hosts of the Discovery Channel's top-rated MythBusters, use modern-day extreme science to show you what's real and what's fiction. With photographs, illustrations, blueprints, and exclusive interviews to document the mythbusting process, MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time will examine dozens of urban legends, from exploding toilets to being buried alive -- these guys have tested them all. Eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and even laugh-inducing, this book will delight armchair scientists, curious readers, and fans of the show alike. Keith and Kent Zimmerman are the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Hell's Angel and The Best Damn Sports Book, Period, among others.
Table of contents: title: Killer Robots, Chicken Guns, and Blueprints: A Week in the Life of MythBusters
pagenum: 1; title: Adam Savage: Speed Building and the Vertical Learning Curve
pagenum: 15; title: Jamie Hyneman: Animatronics, Robots, and MythBusters
pagenum: 23; title: The Elevator of Death
pagenum: 31; title: Buried Alive!
pagenum: 39; title: The Case of the Exploding Jawbreaker
pagenum: 45; title: Is It Worth Running in the Rain?
pagenum: 51; title: Escape from Alcatraz
pagenum: 57; title: Poppy Seed Drug Test
pagenum: 69; title: Medieval Tree Cannon
pagenum: 73; title: Down with the Mythtanic!
pagenum: 79; title: The Midas Myth of Goldfinger
pagenum: 85; title: Jet-Assisted Chevy or JATO Car
pagenum: 91; title: The Scuba Diver Forest Fire Myth
pagenum: 99; title: Bug Bomb!
pagenum: 105; title: Ping-Pong Salvage, or How Many Ping-Pong Balls Does It Take to Float Your Boat?
pagenum: 111; title: Microwave Madness
pagenum: 117; title: Needle in the Haystack
pagenum: 121; title: Killer Quicksand
pagenum: 127; title: The Rowing Water Skier
pagenum: 133; title: Exploding Implants!
pagenum: 139; title: The Killer Playing Card
pagenum: 145; title: Penny Drop!
pagenum: 149; title: MythBusters Car Capers
pagenum: 155; title: Chicken Gun: Frozen or Thawed?
pagenum: 161; title: You Can't Beat the Breath Test!
pagenum: 167; title: The Great Cement Truck Mix-Up
pagenum: 171; title: MythBusters Cola Myths
pagenum: 177; title: In Search of the Brown Note
pagenum: 183; title: Exploding CDs?
pagenum: 187; title: Larry's Lawn Chair Balloon
pagenum: 193; title: The Hammer Bridge Drop
pagenum: 199