علم احمقانه: آزمایش‌های عجیب، دانشمندان دیوانه و احمق‌ها در آزمایشگاه (جلد چهارم)

__New York Times__ best-selling humorist Leland Gregory chronicles laboratory experiments gone awry, modern-day mad scientists, and scientific mythconceptions inside __Stupid Science__. Consider these cases of misdirected human activity, each in the name of science:- The Illinois Department of Conservation spent $180,000 to study the contents of owl vomit.- Georgia State University psychology professor James Dabbs discovered in 1988 that trial lawyers have about 30 percent more testosterone in their bodies than normal people (regardless of gender). Dabbs stated in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology that high testosterone levels are often linked to aggressiveness and antisocial behavior. We all knew that lawyers were full of something—now we know it's testosterone.- What do stinky cheese and unclean feet have in common? They both attract mosquitoes according to a November 8, 1996 article from Reuters.

New York Times best-selling humorist Leland Gregory chronicles laboratory experiments gone awry, modern-day mad scientists, and scientific mythconceptions inside Stupid Science. Consider these cases of misdirected human activity, each in the name of science:

* The Illinois Department of Conservation spent $180,000 to study the contents of owl vomit.

* Georgia State University psychology professor James Dabbs discovered in 1988 that trial lawyers have about 30 percent more testosterone in their bodies than normal people (regardless of gender). Dabbs stated in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology that high testosterone levels are often linked to aggressiveness and "antisocial behavior." We all knew that lawyers were full of something—now we know it's testosterone.

* What do stinky cheese and unclean feet have in common? They both attract mosquitoes according to a November 8, 1996 article from Reuters.

Bestselling author of Stupid History Leland Gregory turns his nose for nuttiness toward the world of science. The book is filled with anecdotes about scientific stupidity, amazing scientific mythconceptions, and the general wackiness that characterizes Gregory's compilations of misdirected human activity