LESSONS FOR DANGEROUS LIVING FROM WILLIAM GURSTELLE

摘要

I learned a lot of interesting scientific facts while writing Absinthe and Flamethrowers: Projects and Ruminations on the Art of Living Dangerously (Chicago Review Press; $17). Here are five ways to (safely) add a little danger to your life.rnTo concoct this primitive form of gunpowder, just mix simple chemicals, tike charcoal and saltpeter. Follow the recipe in my book, and the oxygen molecules in saltpeter will react with the sutfur in charcoal to unleash a torrent of energy, smoke and noise.