Is it easy to swim in syrup? Where do strange scientific discoveries come from

How are explosives and diamonds interconnected, Coca - Cola and the level of birth rate, kisses and allergies? What is it like to live in the skin of a goat or fly between drops, like mosquitoes? Do plants have rights? The bee is the most painful? From the frivolous question to the real discovery, one step ... and science is not a dull conveyor for the production of knowledge, it is full of errors, errors, 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 Ignobel Prize "for achievements that make them laugh first, and then think." In their book, the authors Henry Erlich and Sergey Komarov talk about these incredible discoveries, experiments of researchers (including themselves), parallels (for example, between the device of hell and black holes), far -reaching conclusions (restoration of the protein structure and turning back) , and most importantly - about inexhaustible human curiosity, the ability to ask questions and, of course, a sense of humor