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3 fun and easy science experiments to try at home

Channel your inner Max Einstein with these fun and easy tutorials. We've chosen three of Max's favourite science experiments; make your own lava lamp, play with magic mud and grow your own rock candy!

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Make your own lava lamp

Create some magic mud

Learn how to grow rock candy

*Health & safety: Kids, make sure you always have an adult to help you – hobs and mixtures will get very hot. Remember to let the mixture cool down before you pour it into the jar.

Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment

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  • 'James Patterson is the Einstein of fiction and has solved the equation for storytelling: Adventure + Science = AWESOME!' Tom Fletcher

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    James Patterson has teamed up with the world's most famous genius to entertain and inspire a generation of children – with the first and only children's adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.

    Max Einstein is a typical 12-year-old. She…

    Goes to college every day
    Plays speed chess in the park
    Builds inventions that help the homeless
    And talks to Albert Einstein

    All normal stuff, right?

    Until one day when Max is recruited by a mysterious organisation! Their mission: solve some of the world’s toughest problems using science. She’s helped by a diverse group of young geniuses from around the globe as they invent new ways to power the farthest reaches of the planet.

    But that’s only if the sinister outfit known as The Corporation doesn’t get to her first…

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Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause

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  • James Patterson has teamed up with the world's most famous genius to entertain and inspire a generation of children – with the first and only children's adventure series officially approved by the Albert Einstein archives.

    Max Einstein's typical day is not your average 12-year-old's. She...

    - TEACHES classes at a New York college
    - Dodges KIDNAPPING attempts with her best friends
    - Goes on SECRET MISSIONS for her billionaire boss
    - Has a MYSTERIOUS CONNECTION to Albert Einstein

    Just a day in the life of the Change Makers Institute's top agent!

    A village outside Mumbai is having a water crisis that only a group of kid geniuses can fix – so Max and her friends travel to India. But it's hard to save the world when you're trying not to be kidnapped by a greedy corporation that profits when others suffer – and seems to know your every move. It's almost like the bad guys have a spy inside the Change Makers...

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James Patterson

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past thirteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

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Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause by James Patterson

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