Smoking ears and screaming teeth : a celebration of scientific eccentricity and self-experimentation /
Discusses scientists throughout history who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind, including a zoologist who ate slug soup and a Nobel Prize-winning surgeon who put a catheter into his own heart
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Pegasus Books : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co.,
2011
New York, N.Y. : c2011 |
| Edition: | 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed |
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| Summary: | Discusses scientists throughout history who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind, including a zoologist who ate slug soup and a Nobel Prize-winning surgeon who put a catheter into his own heart |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Century, 2010 |
| Physical Description: | xi, 404 p. : ill. ; 22 cm xi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-396) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-396) and index |
| ISBN: | 1605982547 9781605982540 : 9781605982540 |