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Blast Lab

Name: Blast Lab
Rating: 4.27 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9780756656485

Richard Hammond

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Turn your home into a science lab...and get ready for a hands-on, explosive (but safe) learning experience!

Young scientists will be thrilled to build mini-rockets or mix up gross green goo. With no need for expensive chemicals or complicated contraptions, Blast Lab uses everyday items and ingredients in incredible ways to show kids how science really works. Each experiment uses easy-to-understand photos to explain each step of the investigative process, and includes fun science facts to take learning to the next level. Contains 96 color illustrated pages.

GenresScience

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 2009

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Richard Hammond

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Richard Hammond is a British TV presenter, most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky1, Should I Worry About...? on BBC One and Total Wipeout, also on BBC One and Richard Hammonds Blast Lab on CBBC. He has also presented several one-off specials such as ITV's The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend and the annual Crufts awards.

In 2006, Hammond suffered a life-threatening crash at speeds of over 280mph in a jet engine powered dragster racing car. He recovered months later and continued his presenting work.

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