"Build a model hovercraft like engineer Christopher Cockerell did, or a sculpture that moves in the breeze like artist Lin Emery. This title gives readers both an understanding of the properties of light and the skills to investigate great discoveries and works. Exciting and easy-to-understand experiments encourage budding scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists to stand on the shoulders of the curious and creative people who came before them."-- Provided by publisher.

Understanding forces -- Speeding car stunt ramp: science, acceleration -- Newton's cradle: science, momentum -- Making flight history: science, floating and density -- Pressure diver: science, floating and density -- Rocket power: science, air pressure -- Floating on air: science, air movement and friction -- Whale race: science, surface tension -- Pendulum art: science, pendulums -- Kinetic creations: science, kinetics and balance -- Follow the force!: science, general forces and motion.