| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : color illustrations |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Forrest M. Mims is a revered contributor to Make: magazine, where his popular columns about science-related topics and projects for Makers are evergreen treasures. Collected together here for the first time, these columns range from such simple projects as building an LED tracker for hand-launched night rockets to such challenging builds as transforming strings of data into unique musical compositions. A variety of photography and imaging projects are featured, including an ultra-sensitive twilight photometer that measures the elevation of layers of dust, smoke, and smog from around 3,000 feet to the top of the stratosphere at 31 miles! Most of the projects can be done with a collection of simple electronic components, such as LEDs, transistors, resistors, and batteries. To inspire and motivate readers, the book also includes profiles of such famous Makers as President Thomas Jefferson and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. |
| Contents |
How to study tree rings -- Snow science -- Tracking heat islands -- Vibration sensors -- Make an experimental optical fiber seismometer -- Ultra-simple sunshine recorders -- The infrared thermometer: an essential science gadget -- Capturing and studying airborne dust, smoke, and spores -- Track the leading greenhouse gas -- Build a twilight photometer, part 1 -- Build a twilight photometer, part 2 -- How to analyze scientific images -- Doing science with a digital scanner -- Data mining: how to analyze online scientific data -- Using sensors with dataloggers -- How to document what you make or discover -- MARS-BOT: adding science to robotics -- How to photograph the solar aureole -- Record your world from a picture post -- Digital pinhole photography -- How to make and use retroreflectors -- How to use LEDs to detect light -- Use LEDs to track night-launched projectiles -- Connecting fibers to LEDs and sensors -- Transform things into sounds with the PunkPAC -- Making synthesized music from your data -- Startups: origins of the PC revolution -- Thomas Jefferson: maker in chief -- The kit that launched the tech revolution -- When projects fail. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature.
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Sciences -- Expériences -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. |
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Science -- Experiments |
| Genre |
Juvenile works
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mims, Forrest M. Forrest Mims' science experiments. First edition. San Francisco, CA : Makermedia, 2016 9781680451177 (OCoLC)948562307 |
| ISBN |
9781680451153 (electronic bk.) |
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1680451154 (electronic bk.) |
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9781680451139 (electronic bk.) |
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1680451138 (electronic bk.) |
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(paperback) |
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(paperback) |
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