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      • Prolytic Graphite in Mid-Air
      • The Gauss Rifle : A Magnetic Linear Accelorator
      • A Curie-effect Heat Engine
      • A Magnetic Ring Launcher
    • Electromagnetism 
      • Electromagnetism
      • An Electric Motor in 10 Minutes
      • Fun With High Voltage
      • A 10 Minute Railgun
      • A 30 Second Motor
      • Listening to Magnetism
    • Electrochemistry 
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      • A Plastic Hydrogen Bomb
      • Building Your Own Solar Battery
      • Building a Hydrogen Fuel Cell
      • Homemade Batteries
      • Collecting Chemical Elements
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      • A Quick Simple Radio
      • Building A Radio In 10 Minutes
      • Build a Portable Crystal Radio
      • A Radio out of Household Items
      • A Simple AM Transmitter
      • The Three Penny Radio
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      • Simple Heat Engines
      • World's Simplest Steamboat
      • A Simple Rocket Engine
      • A Film Can Cannon
      • A Metal that Melts in Hot Water
      • A room temperature liquid metal alloy
      • A Simple Solar Power Heat Engine
      • Homemade Ice Cream
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      • Aerodynamics
      • A Bernoulli Levitation Ball
      • A Homemade Vacuum Pump
      • A Classic Propeller Toy
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      • Simple Laser Communicator
      • Make a spectroscope from a CD
      • Making permanent rainbows
      • The Impossible Kaleidoscope
      • Make Your Own 3D Pictures
      • Make A Solar Hot Dog Cooker
      • A Solar Powered Marshmallow Roaster
      • Exploring Invisible Light
      • High Resolution Spectragraph
      • Time-lapse Photography
      • High-Speed Photography
      • Stacking for High Depth of Field
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      • Extracting DNA in Your Kitchen
      • Photography through the Microscope
      • Video Through the Microscope
      • Listening to Electric Flash
      • Using a Video Camera as a Microscope
    • Mathematics 
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      • Kaleidocycles
      • A Geodesic Dome
      • A Homemade Microgram Balance
    • Computers and Electronics 
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      • A Computer Controlled Transmitter
      • A Free Space Laser Data Transmitter
      • Fun With Solderless Breadboards
      • A Simple 1 Watt Amplifier
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    • Why is Milk White
    • Elements Vault
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Toying With Science

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About Toying With Science

Toying With Science is a series of short essays on scientific topics written by Simon Quellen Field, the author of Gonzo Gizmos, Return of Gonzo Gizmos, and Why There’s Antifreeze In Your Toothpaste. Simon also writes science fiction: A Twisted Garden, A Simple Piece of Mind, and mysteries A Quiet Place to Die. He designs […]more →

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