Electrified Sheep: Glass-Eating Scientists, Nuking the Moon, and More Bizarre Experiments
Autor Alex Boeseen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 aug 2013
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Welcome to some of the most weird and wonderful experiments ever conducted in the name of science. Alex Boese's "Electrified Sheep" is packed with eccentric characters, irrational obsessions, and extreme experiments. Watch as scientists attempt to nuke the moon, wince at the doctor who performs a self-appendectomy, and catch the faint whiff of singed wool from an electrified sheep.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1250031702
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 127 x 220 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: St. Martin's Griffin
Descriere
Cuprins
Introduction
1. ELECTRIC BODIES
Electrifying Birds
The Man Who Married His Voltaic Pile
Electrocuting an Elephant
From Electro-Botany to Electric Schoolchildren
Lightning, Churches, and Electrified Sheep
2. NUCLEAR REACTIONS
Psychoneurotic Atomic Goats
How to Survive an Atomic Bomb
Nuke the Moon!
The Incredible Atomic Spaceship
3. DECEPTIVE WAYS
Men Fight for Science's Sake
The Psychologist Who Hid Beneath Beds
The Metallic Metals Act
A Roomful of Stooges
Thud!
The Seductive Dr Fox
4. MONKEYING ARROUND
The Man Who Talked to Monkeys
Chimpanzee Butlers and Monkey Maids
The Man Who Made Apes Fight
The Mystery of the Missing Monkey Orgasm
The Chimp Who Grew Up Human
5. DO-IT-YOURSELFERS
Hard to Swallow
This Will Be Extremely Painful
Adventures in Self-Surgery
Killing Yourself for Science