Elephants on Acid

Boese’s kooky look at history’s most outlandish, provocative and downright ridiculous scientific endeavours (zombie kittens anyone?) will keep you smiling.

Excellent accounts of some of the most important and interesting experiments in biology and psychology.

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 t…