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Elephants on Acid

by Alex Boese

Unusual questions in the history of science

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Unusual questions in the history of science

Alex Boese’s collection brings together accounts of provocative experiments, using the Tusko elephant LSD trial as one example of the questions researchers have pursued. Other topics range from why people cannot tickle themselves to whether dogs would seek help in an emergency, how babies choose food, and attempts to restore life after death. The range gives the book a question-led structure, connecting curious scenarios with the results recorded in scientific files. Its subject is experimental inquiry at its most unusual, with the emphasis on what these investigations set out to test and what they found.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in unusual episodes from the history of science.
  • Readers curious about experiments involving animal behavior, human perception, and biology.

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Scientific experimentationAnimal behaviorHuman perceptionBiology and the limits of life

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Book overview

Alex Boese reveals to readers the results of scores of outrageous, amusing, and provocative experiments found in the files of modern science.

When Tusko the Elephant woke in his pen at the Lincoln Park Zoo on the morning of August 3, 1962, little did he know that he was about to become the test subject in an experiment to determine what happens to an elephant given a massive dose of LSD.

In Elephants on Acid, Boese details the results of this scientific trial, as well as answers to the questions: Why can't people tickle themselves? Would the average dog summon help in an emergency? Will babies instinctually pick a well-balanced diet? Is it possible to restore life to the dead?

Read on to find out...
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