Why It's Not All Rocket Science

In 1983 Justin Schmidt recorded the degree of pain he felt when stung by different venomous insects, resulting in the ‘Schmidt Pain Indexâ€. With chapters on medicine, psychology, society, and the universe, this book examines 100 experiments, ranging from the peculiar (like Schmidtâ€s) to the groundbreaking (the creation of Dolly the sheep), and appraises their significance for practical science.