{"product_id":"make-forrest-mims-science-experiments-1","title":"Make: Forrest Mims' Science Experiments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eScientific discoveries aren't only made by professionals. Amateur scientists and citizen scientists have made many discoveries that working scientists are glad to use. In fact, many institutions — including NASA — rely upon the work that amateurs do and the discoveries that they make. Amateur scientists have discovered significant dinosaur fossils, found new species of plants, and identified many new comets and asteroids. Their discoveries have been published in scientific journals and books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWritten by the foremost amateur scientist practicing in the U.S. today, this book covers some of the many ways you can enter the world of amateur science. You'll learn the essential skills, methods, and procedures that you need to begin working, thinking, inquiring, and recording like a real scientist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProjects Included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e How to study tree rings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e To consider all of the many different things that snow can do\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e How to modify and mount temperature sensors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Different ways to sense and record movement as with an optical fiber seismometer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Construct automatic sunshine recorders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Build your own essential tool, the infrared thermometer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e To capture and study airborne particles with your own air sampler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Track the most important greenhouse gas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Build a Twilight Photometer that can measure to the top of the stratosphere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Extract scientific data from digital images — and make music from it, too\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Use a digital scanner to assist you with essential scientific inquiries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e The basics of data mining to most efficiently glean the online info you need\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Best practices for recording your scientific inquiries — and discoveries!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e How to organize your own space-themed Mars-Bot competition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Photograph the solar aureole that you can't see with your bare eyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e To use LEDs to detect light and track nighttime projectiles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e                    \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnd those are only some of the projects in this book!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForrest M. Mims III, an amateur scientist and Rolex Award winner, is the most widely read electronics author in the world, and was named one of the “50 Best Brains in Science” by Discover magazine. His 60 books have sold over 7.5 million copies and have twice been honored for excellence by the Computer Press Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maker Shed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52364517048594,"sku":"9781680451153.PDF","price":13.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/2615\/3283\/files\/lrg_41da0a7e-30b2-49c2-b1b8-e3bb0ac8e502.jpg?v=1781035159","url":"https:\/\/ralphiesfunhouse.com\/es\/products\/make-forrest-mims-science-experiments-1","provider":"Ralphie's Funhouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}