Legko li plyt' v sirope: Otkuda berutsya strannye nauchnye otkrytiya
Sergej Komarov / Erlih Genrih
How are explosives and diamonds, Coke and birth rates, kissing and allergies related? What is it like to live in the skin of a goat or fly between the drops like mosquitoes? Do plants have rights? Where does the bee sting the most? There is only one step from a frivolous question to a real discovery... And science is not at all a dull assembly line for the production of knowledge, it is full of mistakes, delusions, curious cases, non-standard approaches to the problem. Scientists who are not afraid to look at the world without prejudice sometimes become laureates of the Ig Nobel Prize "for achievements that make you first laugh, and then think." In their book, the authors Heinrich Erlich and Sergey Komarov talk about these incredible discoveries, experiments of researchers (including on themselves), parallels (for example, between the device of hell and black holes), far-reaching conclusions (restoration of the protein structure and turning back time) , and most importantly - about the inexhaustible human curiosity, the ability to ask questions and, of course, a sense of humor.
