<b>The ultimate Theodore Gray collection, <i>Theodore Gray's Completely Mad Science</i> collects every one of Gray's dramatic, visually spectacular, and ultimately enlightening scientific experiments-94 in all- into one complete volume.</b><div><b><br></b><div>Bestselling author Theodore Gray has spent more than a decade dreaming up, executing, photographing, and writing about extreme scientific experiments, which he then published between 2009 and 2014 in his monthly<i>Popular Science</i> column &quot;Gray Matter.&quot;<div>Previously published in book form by Black Dog in two separate volumes (<i>Mad Science</i> and<i>Mad Science 2</i>), these experiments, plus an additional 5, are available now in one complete book.</div><div><i>Completely Mad Science</i> is 432 pages of dazzling chemical demonstrations, illustrated in spectacular full-color photographs. Experiments include: Casting a model fish out of mercury (demonstrating how this element behaves very differently depending upon temperature); the famous Flaming Bacon Lance that can cut through steel (demonstrating the amount of energy contained in fatty foods like bacon); creating nylon thread out of pure liquid by combining molecules of hexamethylenediamine and sebacoyl chloride; making homemade ice cream using a fire extinguisher and a pillow case; powering your iPhone using 150 pennies and an apple, and many, many more.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Theodore Gray is the author of <i>The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe; Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything; Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Probably Shouldn't;</i>and <i>Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do at Home, but </i>Still<i> Probably Shouldn't</i>. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.</div>