How to Really Fool Yourself: Illusions for All Your Senses: Illusions for all your Senses

How to Really Fool Yourself: Illusions for All Your Senses: Illusions for all your Senses

by VickiCobb (Author)

Synopsis

Fans of Vicki Cobb's unique blend of humor, science, and hands-on activities will have tons of fun with How to Really Fool Yourself. Kids won't be able to believe their eyes--not to mention their ears, noses, hands, and tongues! Packed with all-new illustrations and a delightful new design, this book features over 70 activities to fool all five senses. Each illusion is followed by a fascinating Why You're Fooled section that explains the science and history behind the magic. Illusions of touch, taste, hearing, smell, and sight include: the Incredible Shrinking Sugar Cube, Flavorless Coffee, Movie-Style Sound Effects, Making Circles from Straight Lines, and many more The hardcover edition of How to Really Fool Yourself has sold 90,000 copies A Main Selection of the Primary Teachers' Book Club

$19.09

Quantity

10 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Jossey Bass
Published: 14 Apr 1999

ISBN 10: 0471315923
ISBN 13: 9780471315926

Media Reviews
Interesting, informative, and fun. --School Library Journal Clear and lively ... links the puzzles to scientific fact. --ALA Booklist Simple and direct, suitably lighthearted... This unpretentious account might just win over a couple of investigators of the future! --Scientific American
Author Bio

Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty-five highly entertaining nonfiction books for children.