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Electrified sheep, glass-eating scientists, nuking the moon, and more bizarre experiments, Alex Boese

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Electrified sheep, glass-eating scientists, nuking the moon, and more bizarre experiments, Alex Boese

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Electrified sheep

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

759913919

Responsibility statement

Alex Boese

Sub title

glass-eating scientists, nuking the moon, and more bizarre experiments

Summary

Chronicles eccentric scientific experiments that have been performed throughout history, including an attempt to set off nuclear explosions on the Moon and Benjamin Franklin's mouth-to-beak resuscitation on an electric-shocked chicken

Table Of Contents

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 -- Nuclear reactions. Psychoneurotic atomic goats ; How to survive an atomic bomb ; Nuke the moon! ; The incredible atomic spaceship -- 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 -- Monkeying around. 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 -- Do-it-yourselfers. Hard to swallow ; This will be extremely painful ; Adventures in self-surgery ; Killing yourself for science

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