{"product_id":"2940013879874","title":"The Scientific Adventures of Mr. Fosdick: Two Short Science Fiction Stories","description":"This is a collection of two short stories of science fiction featuring the adventures of Mr. Fosdick. The stories are: (1) Mr. Fosdick Invents the \"Seidlitzmobile\" (The artist, Elihu Vedder, in telling some incidents of his younger life, describes feeding a little negro boy with Seidlits powders, separately administered, with a corresponding alarming result. In this excruciatingly funny story, Mr. Fosdick-we hesitate to call him a hero-gives himself the expanding dose and thus succeeds in his desire to interest a capitalist friend in an automobile to be driven by the gas from Seidlits powder. Try to imagine for yourself, what happened when a heavy charge of sodium carbonate and sulphuric acid were substituted for the comparatively mild Seidlitz powder. But read the story through, and you will agree that Baron Munchhausen, in the wildest flights of his imagination, takes a second place to this presentation of Mr. Fosdick's invention. See how humor can be evolved even from what so many people call, the \"dryness of chemistry.\" A capital story, which you won't forget soon. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story), and (2) The Feline Light and Power Company is Organized (Science is not the dry thing that some people would like us to believe. Mr Fosdick, in this captivating tale, demonstrates this most aptly. Did you ever stroke a cat in the dark, and watch the sparks leap between your hand and the cat's fur? Perhaps you did. But it remained for the illustrious Fosdick to commercialize this great inherent power. The results were most amazing, as the readers will soon find out. Starting with a single cat, highly charged with electricity, see what a catastrophe-no pun intended-he brings upon himself. There is only one point we missed and that is \"What electrode in the experiment was the CAThode?\" It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story). It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.","brand":"Petra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166449746160,"sku":"2940013879874","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013879874_p0.jpg?v=1763596630","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013879874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}