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"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including...

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Main Author: Mercer, Bobby, 1961-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Paper airplanes > Juvenile nonfiction.
Aircraft > Models > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:ix, 197 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781613740866 (pbk.)
1613740867 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Bobby Mercer has been sharing the fun of free flight for over two decades as a high school physics teacher. He is the author of several science books and lives with his family outside Asheville, North Carolina.

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