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Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers, and other odd events on the way to scientific discovery, edited by Stephanie Pain

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Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers

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edited by Stephanie Pain

and other odd events on the way to scientific discovery

Meticulously researched by the internationally acclaimed New Scientist magazine, these stories of haphazard discovery, delusion, and greed include the doctor who thought he could cure madness with a quick spin in a centrifuge, the engineer who came up with a radio that ran on gas, and the two young men who dug a giant hole and discovered the center of the galaxy

No pain, no gain. Scalpel, suture, salt beef ; This won't hurt a bit ; The accidental aeronaut ; Inactive service ; A nose by any other name -- Bad timing. Dr. Coley's famous fever ; Sunshine for sale ; The chunkiest chip ; Mark Twain's big mistake ; Live from the Paris Opera -- Who dares win. Henry's little pot of gold ; Hens' eggs and snail shells ; Hats off to Mr. Henley ; Nothing but a ray of light ; The great tooth robbery -- Persistence pays. Lady of longitude ; Fruits of the tomb ; The impossible pound note ; Land of the midnight sums -- Fingers crossed. A cure for curates ; White knuckles in Wyoming ; The coachman's knee ; Into the mouth of hell ; Arsonist by appointment -- Don't call us--. Farmer Buckley's exploding trousers ; Like a lead balloon ; Night of the mosquito hunters ; Turn on, tune in, stand back ; The human centrifuge -- Reality check. Toad in the hole ; Pharaoh's ears ; Last-chance balloon ; Lamb's tales ; When men were gods -- War and peace. Surf's up ; War and peace ; Their Führer's voice ; As Shakespeare liked it ; Secret service -- Make do and mend. Liquid assets ; Buckets of bullion ; Ragbag rainforest ; Two men and a wheelbarrow ; The ant and the mandarin -- Sleuthing with science. Riddle of the fronds ; Death and the outcast ; Sleepwalking in Springfield ; Dead man working ; Last days of the locust