William Gurstelle
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William Gurstelle (b. 29 March 1956) is an American nonfiction author, magazine writer, and inventor. He is the author of several science “how-to” books published by Crown Books/Random House and Chicago Review Press. His best known books are Backyard Ballistics, which according to Newsweek Magazine, has sold more than 160,000 copies[1] and The Art of the Catapult. According to James A. Buczynski in Library Journal, Gurstelle's writing "balances scientific explanations of the technologies with profiles of the people who [explore] them."
He is also contributing editor and regular columnist for Make Magazine.
[edit] Selected Bibliography
- Backyard Ballistics (2001, nonfiction)
- Building Bots (2002, nonfiction)
- The Art of the Catapult (2003, nonfiction)
- Adventures from the Technology Underground (2005, nonfiction)
- Whoosh Boom Splat (2007, nonfiction)
[edit] References
- ^ Steven Levy in Newsweek, Feb 13, 2006
