How many forensic pathologists are also professional sleight-of-hand magicians? Our survey thus far tallies one. That one is Dr. Ryan Blumenthal of South Africa. Dr. Blumenthal is also author of the slight-in-number-of-pages yet fun-to-read modern fairy tale book The Seed.
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Collection of strange experiments
Reto Schneider and his magnificent book and videos of strange scientific experiments were featured on Spiegel TV Magazin.
New book: The Penis Shortener
Erwin Kompanje, the AIR European Bureau’s research researcher, who is also a medical ethicist at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, is a passionate collector of historical medical books. His collection inspired him to write De Penisverkorter (The Penis Shortener), short stories (in Dutch) about neglected and forgotten remarkable discoveries in medicine. The title […]
Japanese edition of 2nd Ig Nobel book
The Japanese edition (ISBN 9784062813136) of the book Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans (ISBN 0752864610)* joins the multilingual family of editions of this curious little tome. The publishers chose an eye-catching cover boy: Ig Nobel Prize winner Troy Hurtubise, he of the suit of armor designed to protect against grizzly bears. * Also known as “Ig […]