The way toys work : the science behind the magic 8 ball, etch a sketch, boomerang, and more / Ed Sobey and Woody Sobey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sobey, Edwin J. C., 1948-

Contributor:

Sobey, Woody.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical toys--History.

Mechanical toys.

Toy making.

Dr. Evermor, 1938---Criticism and interpretation.

Dr. Evermor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Selection of the Scientific American Book ClubProfiling 50 of the world's most popular playthings?including their history, trivia, and the technology involved?this 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

Contents:

Front Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Friction Car; Frisbee; Furby; Gyroscope; Helicopter; Hula Hoop; Jack-in-the-Box; Kaleidoscope; Magic 8 Ball; Magna Doodle; NERF Gun; 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

SlinkyStilts 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; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178).

ISBN:

1-56976-402-6

OCLC:

558536186