ElectrifiedSheep:Glass-EatingScientists,NukingtheMoon,andMoreBizarreExperiments

"Perfectsummertimereadingpreferablywithafriendnearbywhocanbeconstantlyinterruptedwithunsettlingfacts.""DailyMail"(UK)BenjaminFranklinwasapioneeringscientist,leaderoftheEnlightenment,andafoundingfatheroftheUnitedStates.Butperhapslesswellknownisthathewasalsothefirstpersontousemouthtomouthresuscitationonanelectricshockvictim.Odderstill,itwasactuallymouthtobeakresuscitationonahenthathehimselfhadshocked.Welcometosomeoftheweirdestandmostwonderfulexperimentseverconductedinthenameofscience.Filledwithstoriesofsciencegonestrange,"ElectrifiedSheep"ispackedwitheccentriccharacters,irrationalobsessions,andextremeexperiments.Watchasscientistsattempttonukethemoon,winceatthedoctorwhoperformsaselfappendectomy,andcatchthefaintwhiffofsingedwoolfromanelectrifiedsheep.""