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Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll
The Inventive Rube Goldberg, A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines
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Katherine Thymish's 'Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll' offers a lively biography of cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg, pairing his life story with explorations of the whimsical machines he popularized.
The book breaks down the mechanics behind common simple machines—levers, pulleys, wedges—and connects them to Goldberg-style contraptions, encouraging hands-on creativity.
Illustrated by Shanda McCluskey, it recreates the visual humor and complexity of Goldberg's work while providing accessible explanations suited to middle-grade readers.
Interspersed with instructions and examples, the book aims to inspire kids to design their own chain-reaction machines.
It blends historical context, physics education, and playful engineering challenges.
The book breaks down the mechanics behind common simple machines—levers, pulleys, wedges—and connects them to Goldberg-style contraptions, encouraging hands-on creativity.
Illustrated by Shanda McCluskey, it recreates the visual humor and complexity of Goldberg's work while providing accessible explanations suited to middle-grade readers.
Interspersed with instructions and examples, the book aims to inspire kids to design their own chain-reaction machines.
It blends historical context, physics education, and playful engineering challenges.
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