Strange Science

Strange Series #2

by Portable Press

This amazing volume from the Bathroom Readers' Institute contains the strangest short science articles from dozens of Bathroom Readers—along with 50 all-new pages. From the oddest theories to the most astounding discoveries to the biggest blunders, Strange Science has all the facts your professors didn't teach you, but should have. It's packed with earth-shattering eurekas, outlandish inventions, silly "scientific" studies, and the stories behind the weirdos who made it all happen. Put on your lab coat and get ready to discover...

• The freakiest franken-foods scientists have created

• Bad movie science: when Hollywood gets it wrong

• One dentist's quest to clone John Lennon

• Unbelievable inventions, such as the Bird Trap and Cat Feeder…for people who really hate birds

• How scientists have solved some of history's most stupefying mysteries

• Schrodinger simplified: What's up with the cat in the box?

• Real-life time travelers (or so they claim)

• Everyday products made with radium...until people started dying

• How to hypnotize a chicken

• The seven-year-long study that found earthquakes are not caused by catfish waving their tails...and other breakthrough findings

And much, much more!

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, History

416 pages, Paperback

Published June 19, 2017

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a mix of various odd things like robots with a taste for human flesh, sexsomnia and biohackers. There's a museum for Spam and one about robots in a hotel in Japan.

I've seen the You Tube video for that and it's really neat, especially the overdecorate wearing a tie.

Then again there are times which science does things that are a little weird like making hats and boots for dung beetles as covered in the book.

One terrible thing covered in this book is Unit 731, a Japanese torture/experimentation lab during World War II. Also, the Japanese balloon bomb that killed six people in 1945.

Indeed, a strange book.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reviewed for Foreword Books IndieFab Awards.

No logic to the order of the stories in this book. Completely randomized and unrelated to the adjacent stories, but at times with references back to a story 200 pages earlier...? Further, the authors actually showed a bit of anti-science bias in a handful of stories. Finally, pretty much nothing new or unique about this book; weird science books are a dime a dozen, so you need something pretty striking to make yours stand out.

[Aranza (grumpy version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fun read with a lot of fun facts and all but I felt like the end of it was far, far away. I had to push myself trough, and the only reason why I could do it was my desperation to finish it once and for all. I think I actually enjoyed Strange History more, but that’s not so surprising since I do like history more.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book. I enjoyed the fact that there is no order to the quick stories. I've seen some other comments that there aren't many unknown or truly strange facts in this book, I disagree. Some I knew, but the majority was new to me (and I have a degree in and love of science!) Easy read and thoroughly enjoyable.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange Science is a book, as the cover says, about oddball inventions, disasrous discoveries, eccentric scientists, and earth-shattering eurekas. No plot, so it can be read for as shor or long intervals as desired. Most of it is both informative and amusing. I give the editors a lot of credit for picking and chosing the items. Fun read.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Read

I’ve always loved the books by this author or by BRI for its humor and knowledge. But this book gave me plenty of knowledge without all the humor. Very good read and would recommend and read again.

[Sam Dalseide · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a roller coaster of fun facts, bad movie/tv science, animal/human hybrids aka Manimals, and much, much more. I'd give it 9 out of 10 stars if I could.

[Brianna Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has a lot of fun information. There were multiple things I ended up researching further.

[Chris Ellis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting blurbs and facts, easy to pick up and read anytime.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting read! Lots of cool science facts I had never heard of before.

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun facts, but some need to be a bit better researched. Some fun and really interesting stuff!