| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 178 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178). |
| Contents |
Aerobie -- Air Hog -- AstroBlaster -- Balsa wood plane -- Bicycle -- Big mouth Billy bass -- Boomerang -- Bubble gun -- Die-cast toy -- Diving submarine -- Dunking bird -- Electric train -- Erector set -- Etch A Sketch -- Fiction car -- Frisbee -- Furby -- Gyroscope -- Helicopter -- Hula hoop -- Jack-in-the-box -- Kaleidoscope -- Magic 8 Ball -- Magna Doodle -- NERF fun -- Nintendo entertainment system -- Operation -- Play-Doh -- Playful penguin race -- Pop-pop boat -- Potato gun -- Pullback car -- Push 'n' go car -- Radio-controlled car -- Remote-controlled robot -- Rubik's cube -- silly putty -- Slinky -- Stilts and jumping stilts -- Stomp rocket -- Super soaker -- video game light gun -- View-Master -- Vortex tornado -- Water pistol -- Water rocket -- Wiffle ball -- Windup toy -- X-zylo -- Yo-yo. |
| Summary |
A Selection of the Scientific American Book ClubProfiling 50 of the world's most popular playthingsincluding their history, trivia, and the technology involvedthis guide uncovers the hidden science of toys. Discover how an Etch A Sketch writes on its gray screen, why a boomerang returns after it is thrown, and how an RC car responds to a remote control device. Leaving no detail unrevealed, the guide includes original patent-application blueprints and photos of the guts of several devices. Inventors and museum curators also offer their observations of favorite gizmos while dispelling (or confirming) several toy legends. Complete with explanations of do-it-yourself experiments and tips on reverse engineering old toys to observe their interior mechanics, this entertaining and informative reference even provides pointers on how budding toy makers can build their own toys using only recycled materials and a little ingenuity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mechanical toys -- History.
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Mechanical toys. |
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History. |
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Toy making.
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Toy making. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Sobey, Woody.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sobey, Edwin J.C., 1948- Way toys work. 1st ed. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2008 9781556527456 (DLC) 2008001303 (OCoLC)190786123 |
| ISBN |
9781569764022 (electronic book) |
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1569764026 (electronic book) |
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