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Guinness World Records Limited, c2018.

Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.

World records -- Juvenile literature.

9781912286393 (hbk)

1912286394 (hbk)

9781910561645 (pbk)

Alternate title:

Guinness World records : science and stuff

Science & stuff

Science and stuff

215 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

"Volume 1"--Cover.

"Grossest, smelliest, weirdest, noisiest"--Cover.

"Attention Makers! Break A Record!"--Cover.

"Intro by...Science Bob"--Cover.

Includes index.

Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- How Do I Become a Record Holder? -- Space -- Weird World -- Robots -- Make & Break -- It's Alive -- Awesome Inventions -- Mad Science -- The Science of GWR -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

What happens when you burp in space? Can you comb a hairy doughnut? Is the platypus even a real animal? Join us for a mind-boggling look at the record-breaking world around us. From the science of slam dunks and the smelliest substances to over-engineered inventions and the physics of cats, you'll find page after page of amazing--and downright unbelievable--facts. Plus: do try this at home. Have a go at 10 record-breaking experiments that will blow yur mind without blowing up your kitchen.

Guinness World Records Limited.

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