Features experiments for turning your kitchen and garden shed into a homemade mad scientist's laboratory. This book takes things a step further in the quest to blow the lid off our understanding of bangs and explosions.

This book works like alchemy - it succeeds in making the ordinary extraordinary. It's weird, wild, wacky... and utterly addictive. With its quirky experiments, eye-catching design and witty yet informative text, it's the perfect hands-on introduction to the principles of science. The bestselling "Wholly Irresponsible Experiments" and "Wholly Irresponsible Exploits" and their international editions have been amazing readers around the world since mid-2007. "Wholly Irresponsible Science" takes things a step further in the quest to blow the lid off our understanding of bangs and explosions. Fasten your seat belts and prepare for a voyage to the wilder outer fringes of science. Irresponsible? Dip into these pages and decide for yourself.