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Electrified Sheep
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My newest book, Electrified Sheep, which is packed full of mad scientists, is currently available in the UK. The US edition is coming out in 2012. My previous book, Elephants on Acid, is also still available everywhere. Click on either image for more info.





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Conscientious Objectors
Topics from the archives of the Mad Science Museum involving research conducted on conscientious objectors. Arranged in descending chronological order.

The Great Starvation Experiment (1945)
starvation subject
Sam Legg, a participant in the experiment
One of the greatest killers of World War II wasn't bombs or bullets, but hunger. As the conflict raged on, destroying crops and disrupting supply lines, millions starved. During the Siege of Leningrad alone, over a thousand people a day died from lack of food. But starvation also occurred in a more unlikely place: Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was here that, in 1945, thirty-six men participated in a starvation experiment conducted by Dr. Ancel Keys.
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The Lice-Infested Underwear Experiment (July-October, 1942)
During World War II, millions of men served their country by fighting in the army. Hundreds of thousands of others worked in hospitals or factories. And thirty-two men did their part by wearing lice-infested underwear. They were volunteers in an experiment designed by Dr. William A. Davis and Charles M. Wheeler.
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