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9781416909293

MythBusters : The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time

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  • ISBN13:

    9781416909293

  • ISBN10:

    141690929X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-25
  • Publisher: Gallery Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $17.00

Summary

Leave no urban myth untested.Could you kill someone by dropping a penny from a skyscraper? Can an unsuspecting scuba diver be sucked out of the water by a firefighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Can you save yourself in a plummeting elevator by jumping just before it hits bottom?Special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, hosts of the Discovery Channel's top-ratedMythBusters,use modern-day extreme science to show you what's real and what's fiction. With photographs, illustrations, blueprints, and exclusive interviews to document the mythbusting process,MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Timewill examine dozens of urban legends, from exploding toilets to being buried alive -- these guys have tested them all. Eye-opening, jaw-dropping, and even laugh-inducing, this book will delight armchair scientists, curious readers, and fans of the show alike. Keith and Kent Zimmerman are theNew York Timesbestselling coauthors of Hell's Angel and The Best Damn Sports Book, Period, among others.

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