The Physics of Toys
The science, the creation, the business, and the fun of toys
Toys are a serious business, we learn in the PopSci archives.
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Be thankful your parents didn't buy you a toy switchboard because they read that you have to buy toys that help kids prepare for their future careers, or a depressingly realistic set of radiation tools to help you "learn the principles of atomic energy." And good thing the war's over, so we can make toys out of metal again.