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How to photograph the planets, take the pulse of a hummingbird, smash an atom, construct a robot... This and much more in the first Cf lEEWITICIf American BOOK OF PROJECTS FOR THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST A cloud chamfer of tho diffusion Irur niaclo from a iwauui-liuitcr Jar. Foil THE DEVOTE!) AMATEUR of twentieth-century science, a inannificenl book the first ' ,,;-''"Vj f i's kind has just been pub- Xnj lis,,"l- It is a how-tn-'lo-it booK on the grand order: how to chart distant earthquakes from the vibrations in your garden, make a powerful micro scope from a glass stirring rod, grow a pioneer crop of algai! on your window shelf, construct and launch research rockets, contribute to the growing body of archaeological knowledge and perforin many other fascinating and meaningful investiga tions in every field of science from Astronomy to IVuelear Physics. "Miracle drugs" to rocketry 587 pages of experiments In every major area of science Interested in outer space? Learn how to track an earth satellite with the help of a piano. Mathematical machines? Make a puzzle-solving machine that cries when it's in trouble. Fix up a cloud chamber from a two ounce whiskey glass and embark on the hobby of detecting cosmic rays. Observe how a bacterium reacts to a wonder drug. Make the flow of air visible. These and scores of other projects are olfered and il lustrated with 256 drawings and photographs to help you. The book derives from Sri enlific American, the maga zine of which 77ie New York Times has said "Its roster of contributors reads like a who's who of contemporary science." C. L. Stom;'s "Amateur Scientist" Department, appear ing there monthly, is America's 1 clearing house for the activities of serious amateurs. This 517-page - SEND NO MONEY - MAIL THE COUPON TODAY- i Prliil fmm trtwlnic of rrto lui ami prrikHtcr attemhlv fur nifrlM( smnkr tunnel 7'. aur lnwkxrlttr or SIMON AND SCHUSTER, INC., Dept. 75, 630 Fifth Av.nue, New York 20, N. Y. INt-ae send me fur frit examination: ("..pit's nf I.. Stong' Sut'NTinc Amer ican ltutiK ok Projects khh the mtei h S;ikntit. I'hre copies of M.iriiii l.ardincr's 2m Scien tific American Hook ok Muiimi mew. Pi z- I.ES AMI DUEHSIONS. Price $.'i.'J"j If not delighted I'll return houku) in 11 days. Otherwise ou will hill nit price per -np shown above plus otage. (.'htvk hen- if fi,t-itnu ti-initMii. r. Tin way pub lihrr M Maj:t .uue rrhiml KtMrAntiv, km volume contains the most exciting projects pre sented to date revised, expanded, indexed, fur nished w ith references for further reading, and pref aced with an introduction by Vannevar Bush. Make a proton wobble . . . study a butterfly Iearn how to make a proton wobble and therein' identify its atom. Capture the speeding fragment from a star that exploded a million years ago and examine its na ture. Relax with the "After-dinner Experiments" which require almost no equipment or experience . . . There has never been a science-at-home hook like this. Every project whether it relates to the atom or shows you how to raise butterflies for scien tific investigation deals with mat ters that concern the professional scientist today. You discover the valuable contributions to science that amateurs around the country are making and how you get in on the excitement. sumiui ror taiiinu rlork time. v A superb gift Not only for the amateur, but for the profes sional this is a superbly stimulating book. Among those who will light up like an Aurora Borealis when they receive this book for their very own: Tinkerers, dreamers (it's a joy to browse ill I , engineers Parents of young people entering Science Fairs Science PhlVs who take busman's holidays Industrial executives, lab technicians Teachers, people with basement workshops & imaginations And for the serious adolescent I some of the most awesome experiments in the book were designed by highschoolers) here is a gift that inspires by furnishing the best of food for scientific creativity to grow on: work that engrosses and delights. 'i J u Send for your free examination copy today Order your copy and gift copies of Scientific American Book of Projects fob. the Amateur Scientist today. Send no money. Simply fill in and mail the cou pon. When the mailman brings your book examine it for 11 days at no risk. If you are not alto gether delighted, return the book Is) and owe nothing. Otherwise, we'll bill you at S5I.T plus postage. Send off the coupon today and look forward to countless hours of adventure on the highroads and byways of 20th century science. Simon and Schistkr, pi'DLisiiKns In writtliinx a liimi PARTIAL CONTENTS ASTRONOMY. How to construct a tele-scope more powerful than Ga lileo's ... A transistorized drive for telescopes . . . How to make clear photograph of the planets . . . An astrophysical laboratory in your bark van! ... A universal Minili.il made from a globe of the earth . . . 3-D photographs of the moon . . . and more. ARCHAEOLOGY. DoV and don'ts for I he amateur . . . The excavation at Wapanucket No. d: how a group of amateurs made a real contribu tion to science . . . BIOLOGY. Microscopic gardening . . . How to tranqtiilie a rat . . . Measuring the metabolism of ani mals . . . ( Jnnmatography . . . How to analyze subtle chemical mixture . . . and more . . . NATURAL SCIENCES. Nature's "un important" puzzle . . . How to at tract and study hummingbirds . . . Raising hutlerflies as experi mental animals . . . Bird-banding for the amateur . . . How to live with reptiles and amphibians . . . EARTH SCIENCES. How to read rocks . . . Amateur Seismology . . . Tracking satellites . . . How to men u re the earth's eletlric charge ... An electronic, weather forecaster . . . Detecting the earth's rotation . . . and more. NUCLEAR PHYSICS. Exploring the atom at home . . . i.loud cham ber for detecting nuclear event ... A simple magnetic-resonance speedometer ... A homemade atom smasher . . . The Millikan Oil Drop experiment . . . and more. MATHEMATICAL MACHINES. A puz zle -solving machine that signals when in trouble ... A ticktacktoe machine whose design resembles that of all electric calculating de vices . . . Some computer theory . . . How to design a "pircuit" or puzzle circuit ... An electronic mouse that learns from experi ence . . . and more. AERODYNAMICS. The charms of low-speed aerodynamics ... A low-speed wind tunnel ... A smoke tunnel that can he made for $3 if you have a vacuum cleaner and a camera . . . What you can learn by "flying" model airplanes in water . . . Detailed instructions for building and launching two research rockets . . . OPTICS, HEAT, ELECTRONICS. Ama teur microscopy . . . Homemade electrostatic generators , . . From inexpensive materials you can con struct an X-ray machine that will make pictures through an inch of wood . . . The "Hilsch" vortex tube . . . An experiment with the op tical effect that imparts color to soap bubbles . . . How to use the piezoelectric effect to make an electric clock keep accurate time . . . Some after-dinner experi ment? . . . A CLOSING CHALLENGE. The ama teur is invited to design experi ments of his own and to con sider, as a starter, the unsolved riddle of the skipping stones . . . 09" And send for Martin Gardiner's 2nd Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions, just out. 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