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Pat Murphy and the Scientists of Klutz Labs is the author of The Falling Woman (1993), The Wild Girls, Air Power: Rocket science made simple (Klutz), Klutz The Book of Impossible Objects and LEGO Chain Reactions: Design and build amazing moving machines (Klutz S).

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The Falling Woman

by: Pat Murphy
release date: May 01, 1993
The Falling Woman
Elizabeth Waters is an archeologist who can see 'shadows' of the past, something she keeps a secret and that's both a blessing in that it points her towards archeological discoveries, and a curse that has her sometimes doubting her sanity. On an archeological dig in an ancient Maya site in the Yucatan, the 'ghost' of an Maya priestess communicates with Elizabeth. When Elizabeth's estranged daughter arrives on the scene, both are pulled into the supernatural world of ancient Maya magic. 1988 Nebula Award winning novel.

The Wild Girls

by: Pat Murphy
The Wild Girls
It is the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves from Connecticut to California. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called "Fox," and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls is about friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers--rather than simply taking adults on faith.

Air Power: Rocket science made simple (Klutz)

by: Pat Murphy
Air Power: Rocket science made simple (Klutz)
Air Power makes rocket science as easy as blowing up a balloon and letting go. This book and science kit in one delivers rocket-propelled fun with four easy-to-assemble vehicles -- race a sturdy cardstock hot rod across the floor, glide a hovercraft over the dining table, take flight with a helicopter, and blast off with an only-from-Klutz balloon-powered rocket. Tweak, tinker, and experiment to make your balloon-powered craft go as fast as can be.

Our book contains super-clear building instructions, scientific principles, and real-world examples that make rocketry and jet propulsion simple. Air Power brings a breath — make that a blast — of fresh air to Sir Isaac Newton's famous Laws of Motion. It turns out that rocket science is way too much fun to leave to the rocket scientists.

Comes with: 48 page instruction book, 4 plastic parts (2 mouthpieces, thrust vent for hovercraft, blast cap), straws for blast pipes, 8 wheels, 4 axles, one hot-rod body, one hovercraft body, rocket fins and tube, helicopter blade assembly, three 9" balloons, two 6" balloons. Note: balloons contain Latex.

Klutz The Book of Impossible Objects

by: Pat Murphy
Klutz The Book of Impossible Objects
Experience 25 impossible things with The Book of Impossible Objects. Science is made fun with 25 eye-popping projects to make, see and do that will blow your mind. The why behind each wow is clerly explained to make the book not only weird but also wonderful. Contains everything you need to carry out the experiments, inclding a wobblestone, hinged mirror and plastic animation sheet.

LEGO Chain Reactions: Design and build amazing moving machines (Klutz S)

by: Pat Murphy,  the Scientists of Klutz Labs
LEGO Chain Reactions: Design and build amazing moving machines (Klutz S)
LEGO® Chain Reactions is packed full of ideas, instructions, and inspiration for 10 LEGO machines that spin, swing, pivot, roll, lift, and drop. Each machine alone is awesome, but put them together and you get incredible chain reactions. Then, combine the machines in any order you like to create your own chain reactions. Our team of experts worked with educators and 11-year-olds to invent the machines, then wrote a book that teaches the skills (and some of the physics behind the fun) kids need to create their own amazing chain reaction machines.

Our book includes 33 special LEGO elements that combine with basic bricks from your collection to make your machines go. But don't worry that you won't have the right bricks; we worked with the folks at LEGO to make sure you'll need only the most common bricks, and that there are plenty of substitutes. The result is a chain reaction of fun, as one thing leads to another… and another… and another.

Comes with: 78 page book, 33 LEGO elements, 6 LEGO balls, 6 feet of string, 8 paper ramps, 2 paper pop-up signs, 1 paper funnel ramp, 1 paper flag, 1 paper bucket, 1 platform
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