Elephants on Acid: and Other Bizarre Experiments

Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? And what would happen if you were to give an elephant the largest ever single dose of LSD? The chances are that someone, somewhere has conducted a scientific experiment to find out...'Excellent accounts of some of the most important and interesting experiments in biology and psychology' - Simon Singh. If left to their own devices, would babies instinctively choose a well-balanced diet? Discover the secret of how to sleep on planes. Which really tastes better in a blind tasting - Coke or Pepsi?

In Elephants on Acid, Alex Boese reveals the results of the most outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.
 
What happens when elephants are given LSD?
Can a head live without its body?
Would cockroaches survive a nuclear war?
Why can’t people tickle themselves?
Do men prefer women who play hard to get?
Will the average dog summon help in an emergency?
Is it possible to restore life to the dead?
Read Elephants on Acid and find out!
 
 
Alex Boese holds a master’s degree in the history of science from the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of The Museum of Hoaxes and Hippo Eats Dwarf and the creator and curator of www.MuseumOfHoaxes.com. He lives near San Diego.