"Elephants on Acid & Other Bizarre Experiments" By Alex Boese

Title: Elephants on Acid And Other Bizarre Experiments

Author: Alex Boese

Published Year:2007

Pages:290

Genre:Science/ Cultural Studies

Strange titles have a way of grabbing my attention and reeling me in, and this book was no exception. Thanks to Amazon's recommendations based on other books I have rated and bought over the years, this book came as a suggestion to me and I was not disappointed. I am amazed and intrigued by the bizarre things that have happened in our history and those that will happen in our future (you know more bizarre things are bound to happen in our future).

Boese has experience with writing about hoaxes and has done books on them as well. While he was in college he couldn't help but be interested in the bizarre experiments that are mentioned in medical texts whether it be mainstream medicine, sociology or psychology as a few examples, of which these experiments do not get the justice they deserve. He spent time during college looking more up and continued to do so after graduating. A discussion at lunch with his publisher brought the idea of using these experiments he had already researched and adding more to it and turning it into a book is how this book got its idea.

The experiments range from whether a head transplant is actually possible to whether babies love their mother for the love or just to be feed and everywhere in between. I would suggest that some of the sections not be read while eating or right after eating, such as the "Bathroom Reader" section. Readers without strong stomachs may not be able to hold their food in.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of fun experiments to read about but you also must be ready for the ones that make you want to scream "What the hell were you thinking!". There are some sick and twisted people out there, and some of these bizarre experiments shine this through. At the same time there are things to be learned from all of the experiments in the book and they are presented in a way that anyone with a curiosity around bizarre experiments can enjoy them. I just now have a lot more random facts I can divulge to unsuspecting listeners as I have a tendency to do.