ExplorabookKlutz Press
Explorabook
by Klutz Press · first published 1991
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2015–2022first – last mentioned
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The Explorabook remains a highlight of my childhood. John Cassidy wrote it in collaboration with the Exploratorium and included a magnet bar, agar gel, diffraction grating, mirror, Fresnel lens, Moire spinner, and other…
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗I absolutely loved the Explorabook as a kid. I loved even more finding out (at 18) that there was a museum that helped create the book. I still try to make it to the Exploratorium nearly every time I go to SF.
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗Just wanted to say, a couple of your books (Kids Shenanigans and the Explorabook) had a big impact on me as a kid, so, thank you.
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗Explorabook and Earthsearch loom hugely in my childhood memories; I can't think of another book that has stuck with me so much. Reminiscing with my mother now (I'm 30) about times spent eating biscotti in the Barnes…
on “Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff” ↗Explorabook is the best!! That big fresnel lens was the most amazing way to quickly start a fire! I mean not that I tried or anything :D Klutz made so many awesome books back then. I still have my Explorabook,…
on “Paper Airplane Designs (2013)” ↗The Explorabook ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591747996 ) came with a Fresnel lens as one of its pages. Yes, a children's book came with a Fresnel lens inside! A kid detached his and brought it to summer camp, and after…
on “Random Destructive Acts via Focused Solar Radiation” ↗The one in the YouTube video looks very similar to (or exactly like) one of the designs from one of the Klutz books around the turn of the millennium. I might’ve found it in the Explorabook? I’m pretty sure they called it the best paper airplane you’ll ever make, it even had the same wing flaps. It also looks almost exactly like one in the cover of the paper airplane book: Klutz Book of…
on “Paper Airplane Designs (2013)” ↗