Alex Boese

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Forreaders of popular science, fans of odd historical anecdotes, skeptics interested in ethics of experiments and curious nonfiction readers.
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American author and founder of the Museum of Hoaxes; writes nonfiction books that collect bizarre experiments and curiosities, author of Elephants on Acid (Italian edition Elefanti in Acido).

Founder of the Museum of Hoaxes (museumofhoaxes.com). Author of Elephants on Acid (appears in Italian as Elefanti in Acido). Work focuses on odd experiments, hoaxes, and strange historical anecdotes.

The review describes Elefanti in Acido as an ironic catalogue of absurd and often cruel experiments from medical and psychiatric history. It is found fascinating yet of little cultural value, combining sensationalism and decadence. Overall the reviewer gives it a middling score (3/5).

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❝ "Elephants on Acid and Other Bizarre Experiments" if you are curious to find out what some of the most absurd and insignificant research in the history of science has been, rush to the bookstore to buy this book (unhealthy and absurd) like its content.

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