Atomic pigs, glass-eating scientists and more bizarre experiments from the bestselling author of Elephants on Acid.
Electrified Sheep
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Praise for "Electrified Sheep" "A strangely compelling look at some of the bizarre, outlandish and peculiar experiments that have been attempted in the name of science."--Penny Le Couteur, coauthor of "Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History""" ""Electrified Sheep" quite brilliantly explains some of the more bizarre experiments performed in the name of scientific discovery with lashings of intellectual humour and a surprising amount of quality storytelling."--"Chemistry World "(UK)"" "Perfect summertime reading--preferably with a friend nearby who can be constantly interrupted with unsettling facts." --"The Daily Mail" (UK )
"Laugh out loud funny."
--"Publishers Weekly"
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Benjamin Franklin was a pioneering scientist, leader of the Enlightenment and founding father of the USA. But perhaps less well known is that he was also the first person to use artificial respiration to revive an electric shock victim. Odder still, it was actually mouth-to-beak resuscitation on a hen that he himself had shocked. Welcome to some of the most weird and wonderful experiments ever conducted in the name of science. Packed full of eccentric characters, irrational obsessions and extreme experiments, Electrified Sheep is the long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Elephants on Acid. Watch as scientists attempt to blow up 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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By Rhianne
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This is an interesting read. I bought it for a friend's birthday and they seemed to really enjoy it :-)
By Meg
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This book didn't really keep me gripped. I preferred his previous book most definitely - Elephants on Acid. Buy that book, not this one.
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A collection of mad, foolhardy and gross scientific advancements that have been made by scientists that are on the very edge of the scientific community.
Covers people who have eaten all manner of things, have poisoned themselves, have tried to tech chimp to become low IQ worker and pushed their own bodies to the limits of what they could do.
The chapter on electricity is fascinating, as this was an age of discovery. The psychology chapter has been covered in greater detail in other books, but fits well in here. Some of the things that scientists and the military industrial complex wanted to do with nuclear bombs is quiet scary. The final chapter is gross.
Covers people who have eaten all manner of things, have poisoned themselves, have tried to tech chimp to become low IQ worker and pushed their own bodies to the limits of what they could do.
The chapter on electricity is fascinating, as this was an age of discovery. The psychology chapter has been covered in greater detail in other books, but fits well in here. Some of the things that scientists and the military industrial complex wanted to do with nuclear bombs is quiet scary. The final chapter is gross.
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