The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters: 33 Thrilling Experiments Based on History's Greatest Blunders

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I had the opportunity to meet the author by chance one evening while traveling. We discussed his STEM-themed books for children and I was instantly intrigued. I ordered this book for my soon-to-be nine year old. The day it arrived she had a friend visiting for a sleep over and they immediately dived into the book and its experiments, seeing themselves as junior engineers. The illustrations and examples are interesting and engaging. I would highly recommend this to help your third to fifth grader get interested in both real historical engineering failures and how to devise ways to improve the designs.

My best friend's 12-year-old son almost got a used book for Christmas because I enjoyed it so much. Very good for the math/science/technically minded child up to 12 or 13 years old. Some simple, cheap, fun-looking experiments.My friend and her kids spent the night with me, and he finished reading it before they left, so I'd say it held his interest.

Bought this book for my 12 year old son who is really interested in engineering. He is enjoying reading it and likes the format of the different topics and how the book explains the different "disasters".

A gift for my grandson. We are reading it together and learning a lot. It is good for young people to know that every endeavor isn't perfect and success sometimes requires failures here and there.