Crazy contraptions : build Rube Goldberg machines that swoop, spin, stack, and swivel : with hands on engineering activities /
Laura Perdew ; illustrated by Micah Rauch.
- v, 122 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
- Build it yourself Focus on science .
Includes bibliographical references (page 115) and index.
Contents: Introduction : meet Rube Goldberg -- Things you should know before you get started -- Play with inclined planes -- Looking at levers -- Whoa! Wheels and axles! -- Plucky pulleys -- Wild about wedges -- Savvy about screws -- Go big!
School Library Journal, November 2019
Presents machines designed by Goldberg, which were based on complicated chain reactions and used to accomplish simple tasks.