the strange and wonderful things that are discovered when scientists break free /
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NewScientist
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st Pegasus Books ed
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New York, NY :
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Pegasus Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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219 p. ;
Dimensions
21 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Mad inventions, mad ideas -- Mad research -- The yuck factor -- Death, doctors, and the human body -- Blunders-- big and small -- Love, sex, and all that stuff -- Animals and their ilk -- The world looked different back then
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An exploration of the weird and wonderful margins of science. An astonishing reminder that even at its most misguided, science is intensely creative, often hilarious, and can spark the imagination like nothing else