Book description
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.
Alex Boese holds a master's
degree in the history of science from the University of California,
San Diego. He is the author of Hippo Eats Dwarf and
Elephants on Acid - a fascinating tour through the weirdest
science experiments ever conducted - and is the creator and curator of
www. museumofhoaxes. com, which receives over a million page hits
every month. He lives in San Diego.
