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Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments
by Alex Boese
I took longer than I wanted to finish reading this book, and I think that's indicative of why I only gave it three stars. As a student of science, I was expecting to enjoy this book, and surely enough when I first started reading it I truly did enjoy it. But the more I read the book, the less motivated I was to finish it. Eventually, I had to force myself to read it as I slowly started feeling like I didn't want to continue reading it.
The book is well organised. Experiments are grouped into ten chapters based on several themes, such as experiments about death, the five senses, animals, babies, etc. The inherent problem for me, was that the flow of the book is very disjointed. Not through any fault of the author, but when each experiment lasts just a few pages before you're introduced to a new experiment, it's hard to get into a steady rhythm, which is why I took longer than I expected to finish reading this book.
The author does his best to keep it interesting, and I'm sure it must've taken an enormous amount of effort to compile all this information and present it in such a way, but ultimately I felt like reading this book was more of a chore than anything else. The author tries to make it fun by ending each experiment with a quirky joke, but this too got stale midway through the book. Eventually I just ended up rolling my eyes at all his attempts at humour.
Would I recommend it? Sure. If you're into weird scientific experiments, or if you're just curious about what strange things scientists have done in the name of science, pick it up and give it a read. Otherwise, I don't think you'll find this book that enjoyable to read.
The book is well organised. Experiments are grouped into ten chapters based on several themes, such as experiments about death, the five senses, animals, babies, etc. The inherent problem for me, was that the flow of the book is very disjointed. Not through any fault of the author, but when each experiment lasts just a few pages before you're introduced to a new experiment, it's hard to get into a steady rhythm, which is why I took longer than I expected to finish reading this book.
The author does his best to keep it interesting, and I'm sure it must've taken an enormous amount of effort to compile all this information and present it in such a way, but ultimately I felt like reading this book was more of a chore than anything else. The author tries to make it fun by ending each experiment with a quirky joke, but this too got stale midway through the book. Eventually I just ended up rolling my eyes at all his attempts at humour.
Would I recommend it? Sure. If you're into weird scientific experiments, or if you're just curious about what strange things scientists have done in the name of science, pick it up and give it a read. Otherwise, I don't think you'll find this book that enjoyable to read.