How To Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train (Solved by Science)
Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant physics experiments. Book of the Week: The Week Junior* **No grannies were harmed in the making of this book!** Trick a shark! Lift a jumbo jet! Escape a deserted island! Stop a runaway train! Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas - with solutions from the astonishing world of physics. Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout! What are you waiting for? Let's save Granny! Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley. COMING SOON: How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils (chemistry) and How to Stop a T. rex From Eating Your Sock s (biology) Experiments in How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train : * Parachute egg drop * Lever * 'Pulley' system * Compass * Friction ramp * See sound * Locating sounds * 'Megaphone' * Telephone * Periscope * Bend light * Eggshell bridge * Shadow puppets * Electromagnet
Author: Swapna Haddow
Format: Paperback, 64 pages, 213mm x 276mm, 320 g
Published: 2025, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's General Non-Fiction
Interest Age: From 8 to 10 years
Bonkers dilemmas that can be solved with science and a bunch of brilliant physics experiments. Book of the Week: The Week Junior* **No grannies were harmed in the making of this book!** Trick a shark! Lift a jumbo jet! Escape a deserted island! Stop a runaway train! Explore a bunch of ridiculous (and not-so-ridiculous) dilemmas - with solutions from the astonishing world of physics. Sounds unbelievable? Test the science for yourself, with easy-to-follow experiments throughout! What are you waiting for? Let's save Granny! Written by bestselling and award-winning author Swapna Haddow, with brilliantly funny colour illustrations from award-winning illustrator Jess Bradley. COMING SOON: How to Make Diamonds From Your Pencils (chemistry) and How to Stop a T. rex From Eating Your Sock s (biology) Experiments in How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train : * Parachute egg drop * Lever * 'Pulley' system * Compass * Friction ramp * See sound * Locating sounds * 'Megaphone' * Telephone * Periscope * Bend light * Eggshell bridge * Shadow puppets * Electromagnet