MythBusters

Leave no urban myth untestedCould 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 bottomSpecial effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, hosts of the Discovery Channel s top rated MythBusters, 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 Time will 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 the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Hell s Angel and The Best Damn Sports Book, Period, among others. Read MythBusters – kino-fada.fr An interesting look at some of the earlier myths that they did on the show.When I had cable, I enjoyed watching Mythbusters when I could The idea of a show that actually tested conventional wisdom the 5 second rule episode was particularly memorable for me is pretty cool So when I tumbled on this in a library search, I figured I d see how it works as a text.The answer is, pretty good There s not quite the excitement because it s not as visual though the produces of the book have done a pretty good job of spicing up the text with enough pictures to help the reader When I had cable, I enjoyed watching Mythbusters when I could The idea of a show that actually tested conventional wisdom the 5 second rule episode was particularly memorable for me is pretty cool So when I tumbled on this in a library search, I figured I d see how it works as a text.The answer is, pretty good There s not quite the excitement because it s not as visual though the produces of the book have done a pretty good job of spicing up the text with enough pictures to help the reader understand what s going on It starts with a brief biography of the show s stars, along with how the show got started Both Hyneman and Savage led interesting lives before getting involved with Mythbusters, with everything they did lending itself to such a show.The experiments themselves are good ones ever...I ve recently become addicted to this show, mostly because they all look like they ve having buckets of fun and their enthusiasm is contagious So I checked this book out of the library for curiosity s sake However, it s basically a recap of 30 episode segments There was some interesting behind the scenes stuff in the beginning, but the rest of the book was j...This easy to read book takes a behind the scenes look at 30 of the most explosive, surprising and wacky myths or urban legends tackled by the mythbusters The stunts are explained clearly, with a dash os science thrown in for good measure Some are sort of mundane will coke clean a penny while others are a lotintriguing is it possible those convicts really escaped from Alcatraz using a makeshift raft fashioned from raincoats And some almost defy belief Who knew you could raise a This easy to read book takes a behind the scenes look at 30 of the most explosive, surprising and wacky myths or urban legends tackled by the mythbusters The stunts are explained clearly, with a dash os science thrown in for good measure Some are sort of mundane will coke clean a penny while others are a lotintriguing is it possible those convicts ...For fans of the show, this book offers interesting insights into the behind the scenes lives of Jamie, Adam, and the Mythbusters phenomenon If you ve seen a lot of the episodes, though, the synopses can get a bit tiresome Still, skip over the ones you know, and save yourself some time and trouble by reading these succinct overviews of many of the myths you missed.If you re not a fan of the show, but are curious, this may give you the impetus you need to hunt down some DVDs At the very least, For fans of the show, this book offers interesting insights into the behind the scenes lives of Jamie, Adam, ...Expertly assembled and completely fun, reads just like watching a behind the scenes version of several episodes of the first three seasons or so of the TV show, to which I am unabashedly addicted The book isall ages than the show, however, so while it...This is an okay book I get the feeling one would enjoy itif one watched the show The writing is so so, and the experiments are not as exciting to read about as they likely would be if watched on TV Probably not a great recommendation for anyone who s not a fan of a...I love Mythbusters It s been my favorite show since it started airing so, of course, I had to get my hands on a behind the scenes book which I ended up getting signed by them at a local meet greet The book loses some of the excitement and edge that you get from the many explosi...This is a must read for every Mythbusters fan This gives some nice backgrounds and extra information about 30 of the experiments that Adam and Jamie have done over the years Not everything is new, quite a bit of information you can also gather from the TV shows But the short interviews with produ...This book is basically a write up of some of the featured experiments shown on the Discovery Channel Not a bad book by any criteria, but a rehash of something better seen on your television screen than on the printed page a good accompaniment to the series and definitely not a replacement for it.

• English
• 09 October 2017
Keith Zimmerman
• Paperback
• 205 pages
• 141690929X
• Keith Zimmerman
• MythBusters