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Summary: A Riotously Funny Parody of Science Books
Review:
In this book, Tom Weller presents a marvelous parody
of introductory-level science books. It's full of marvelous,
but horribly wrong, illustrations, such as showing how
an eclipse happens when the Sun comes between the Moon
and the Earth. His attempt to resolve the
Evolution-Creationism debate is guaranteed to satisfy
neither side. No major field of science is left
unscathed, unfortunately.
This book would be most appreciated by people with a
scientific background, although it would make an excellent
gift to a child of someone you really wanted to confuse.
Rating:
Summary: A Riotously Funny Parody of Science Books
Review:
In this book, Tom Weller presents a marvelous parodyof introductory-level science books. It's full of marvelous, but horribly wrong, illustrations, such as showing how an eclipse happens when the Sun comes between the Moon and the Earth. His attempt to resolve the Evolution-Creationism debate is guaranteed to satisfy neither side. No major field of science is left unscathed, unfortunately. This book would be most appreciated by people with a scientific background, although it would make an excellent gift to a child of someone you really wanted to confuse.
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Summary: Out of print? Typical....
Review: All other reviewers are correct. This book is a classic and while I'm glad I didn't have to pay current used prices for it, it's worth doing so if you don't have it. Just be forewarned, it's not terribly long, so you won't be getting a giant tome.
One thing that no-one's pointed out - while its style is very similar to science books etc, the humor of this book was really driven home when a friend was doing a paper on Creationism. He found a book that this one clearly EXACTLY lampoons, from size and layout to ink color to picture style - everything. This makes the blast of Creationism all the better. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't read it, but the "Evolutionist vs Creationist" bit (p. 65) is completely hilarious, especially as the "Evo" side of the argument is actually one part of the book other than the copyright that is played straight.
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Summary: The deeper you go, the funnier it is.
Review: Every year I try to read through this book just to see what new stuff I find. Every science class I've ever taken opens up new jokes for me. As a geology major the evoltution/creationism and the new theories on dinosaurs are hilarious!
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Summary: The "Airplane!" of science sendups
Review: How Houghton-Mifflin let this book go out of print is beyond me. It should've been packaged with a pair of Depends & instructions to put them on before opening--it's that big a threat to sphincter control in the scienceminded. I think the copyright information is straight, but flatly doubt there is another serious word (or picture) in the damn thing. The Geologic Ages table is worth the price--as is the table of "currently understood properties of the quack"--as is the periodic table---as is The Electromagnetic Spectrum--as is... Hell, the cover drawing of T. Rex getting beaned by an asteroid is worth the price!
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Summary: The "Airplane!" of science sendups
Review: How Houghton-Mifflin let this book go out of print is beyond me. It should've been packaged with a pair of Depends & instructions to put them on before opening--it's that big a threat to sphincter control in the scienceminded. I think the copyright information is straight, but flatly doubt there is another serious word (or picture) in the damn thing. The Geologic Ages table is worth the price--as is the table of "currently understood properties of the quack"--as is the periodic table---as is The Electromagnetic Spectrum--as is... Hell, the cover drawing of T. Rex getting beaned by an asteroid is worth the price!
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Summary: Humor that never stales
Review: I agree with the other reviewers: HOW could this comic masterpiece have gone out of print? We have kept it in our hall bathroom for at least 5 years and it never fails to elicit laughter. I think it just gets funnier and funnier -- Weller's parody of Science is so satirically accurate, it's scary. The illustrations are hilarious as well. A fabulous antidote to gullibility about "science."
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Summary: Humor that never stales
Review: I agree with the other reviewers: HOW could this comic masterpiece have gone out of print? We have kept it in our hall bathroom for at least 5 years and it never fails to elicit laughter. I think it just gets funnier and funnier -- Weller's parody of Science is so satirically accurate, it's scary. The illustrations are hilarious as well. A fabulous antidote to gullibility about "science."
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Summary: Have great fun poking fun at science
Review: In SCIENCE MADE STUPID: HOW TO DISCOMPREHEND THE WORLD AROUND US Weller pokes fun at time-honored scientific standards including names of geologic ages, the periodic table, the scientific method, continental drift, and evolution.
It's doubly fun if you happen to be a scientist yourself! Give it a look!
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Summary: As stupid as it gets!
Review: It is a tragedy that this is out of print. It's one of the funniest books I've ever read. Anyone with any knowledge of science whatsoever finds it hilarious, and I show it to anyone and everyone who I think can appreciate it. No-one's ever been disappointed. Three thumbs up!
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