The Mad Scientists' Club (Mad Scientist Club) | 
| Author: Bertrand R. Brinley
Creator: Charles Geer
Publisher: Purple House Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 14281
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 217
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 1930900104
EAN: 9781930900103
ASIN: 1930900104
Publication Date: October 3, 2001
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The boys are back after 40 years! Author's Edition with previously unpublished text restored from the original manuscripts. PA strange sea monster appears on the lake ...a fortune is unearthed from an old cannon ...a valuable dinosaur egg is stolen. Watch out as the Mad Scientists turn Mammoth Falls upside down! PTake seven, lively, "normal" boys -- one an inventive genius -- give them a clubhouse for cooking up ideas, an electronics lab above the town hardware store, and a good supply of Army surplus equipment, and you, dear reader, have a boyhood dream come true and a situation that bears watching. PIn the hands of an author whose own work involved technological pioneering, the proceedings are well worth undivided attention, as the boys explore every conceivable possibility for high and happy adventure in the neighborhood of Mammoth Falls. To the unutterable confusion of the local dignitaries -- and the unalloyed delight of Bertrand Brinley's fans -- the young heroes not only outwit their insidious rival, Harmon Muldoon, but emerge as town heroes. Here, captured under one cover, are the fun-filled escapades of the young scientists whose exciting capers debuted in Boys' Life magazine 40 years ago.
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The Mad Scientists' Club November 17, 2008
I am almost 50 years old. I read this book for the first time when I was 12. I had been looking for it for a few years. The stories are as funny and interesting as I remember. I read one of the short stories to my second grade classroom. They really enjoyed it. Just having this book brings back so many memories. Thank You!
The Mad Scientists' Club October 6, 2008
Having read this book as a 'kid,' I hoped my kids would also enjoy it. They did. I read it to them (so I could relive it), and both daughters laughed as much as I. br /br /The perfect book for the bored kid during summer break, etc., that likes science, detective stuff, and action/ mischief that is still on the right side of the law and morality.br /br /Well packaged and quickly shipped.
excellent all-round July 26, 2008
This was one of my favorite books growing up. I really wanted to be a member of that club! I read and re-read it many times. I did have my own electronics workshop, and some of my projects were inspired by the book. I notice at the moment this book has 64 reviews and every single one is 5 stars. Well deserved, in my opinion!
An inspiration to me July 12, 2008
As I often (probably too often) do, I just checked the ranking of MY young reader's novel, "Hubert Invents the Wheel," against others in its category and was delighted to find "Mad Scientists' Club" one slot of ahead of "Hubert." What great company to be in! br /br /40 years ago, I read this paperback so many times that I wore the cover off and had to re-attach it with duct tape. I didn't realize it at the time, but Brinley gave me a HUGE push in the direction of my current writing career, by combining highly accurate and detailed scientific know-how with crackerjack tales of suspense, action, and humor. br /br /I dusted off my copy of MSC a few years ago and was astonished by how up-to-date it still felt. Much of the scientific equipment mentioned is still used today (gastroscopes, thermocouples) -- one only wonders what Brinley would've had to say about the Internet!br /br /
Well loved children's book is back in print July 2, 2008
Like several other reviews, I first read this book in a Scholastic Book Club edition as a kid, which I enjoyed and kept. I somehow later found the second book as well.br /br /Now I've replaced them with these new hardback editions, and can now read the 'new' (to me) volumes.br /br /As a scout, I also liked the stories where the club was shown to be Explorers. And, as a long time viewer of the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights, when they showed an adaptation of one of the stories, I knew where they got the story from (which I was able to verify as an adult).br /br /
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