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Author Perdew, Laura, author. Title Crazy contraptions : build Rube Goldberg machines that swoop, spin, stack, and swivel : with hands on engineering activities / Laura Perdew ; illustrated by Micah Rauch. Publisher White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2019] ©2019 Copies
ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS Superior juvenile nonfiction JUV 621.8 P41c AVAILABLE Descript v, 122 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. age Children lcdgt Series Build it yourself Edge books. Build it yourself. Audience 850L Lexile Note Nonfiction. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (page 115) and index. Contents 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! Summary Presents machines designed by Goldberg, which were based on complicated chain reactions and used to accomplish simple tasks. Subject Machine design -- Juvenile literature. Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970 -- Juvenile literature. Alt Author Rauch, Micah, illustrator. ISBN/ISSN 1619308231 (hardcover) 9781619308237 (hardcover)
