How to Make a Universe with 92 Ingredients

By Adrian Dingle,

Book cover of How to Make a Universe with 92 Ingredients: An Electrifying Guide to the Elements

Book description

HOW TO MAKE A UNIVERSE WITH 92 INGREDIENTS takes on the impossible and triumphs - it makes chemistry fun! A unique and imaginative take on chemistry for children, with 'experiments' that show how all things are made from just 92 chemical elements - from trees to mobile phones, to humans…

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I loved thumbing through ‘How to Make a Universe with 92 Ingredients’  to introduce simple concepts of science to my son. 

The book makes it easy for anyone, including a creative like me, to understand how all the things in our world that you can see, touch, and sense are interconnected. With big graphics, large photos, and drawings, the book does a good job of explaining how less than 100 things (specifically the 92) are the building blocks of everything—from stardust to plushy toys to people and pizza. I find that pretty darn fascinating.  

As a creative writer, complex scientific…

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