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Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us
Author:Tom Weller
Illustrator:Tom Weller
Language:English
Published:1985
Isbn:978-0395366462
Congress:Q162 .W45 1985

Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us is a 1985 book written and illustrated by Tom Weller. The winner of the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book,[1] it is a parody of a junior high or high school-level science textbook. Though now out of print, high-resolution scans are available online,[2] as well as an abridged transcription,[3] both of which have been endorsed by Weller.[4] Highlights of the book include a satirical account of the creationism vs. evolution debate[5] [6] and Weller's drawings of fictional prehistoric animals (e.g., the duck-billed mastodon). The style has been compared to Mad magazine.[7]

Weller released a companion volume, Culture Made Stupid (also spelled Cvltvre Made Stvpid), which satirizes literature and the humanities.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-07-26 . 1986 Hugo Awards . 2022-03-24 . The Hugo Awards . en-US.
  2. Web site: Tom Weller's Science Made Stupid and Culture Made Stupid (Cvltvre Made Stvpid) . 2022-03-24 . www.chrispennello.com.
  3. Web site: Science Made Stupid . 2022-03-24 . www.besse.at.
  4. Web site: Tom Weller Presents . 2022-03-24 . www.tweller.com.
  5. Hedgpeth . Joel W. . 1988 . Review of A Treasury of Science Jokes.; Science Made Stupid. How to Discomprehend the World Around Us.; Droll Science. Being a Treasury of Whimsical Characters, Laboratory Levity, and Scholarly Follies. . The Quarterly Review of Biology . 63 . 3 . 324–325 . 10.1086/415942 . 2830438 . 0033-5770.
  6. Taso . Leon . 1986 . Review of Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World around Us . Leonardo . 19 . 3 . 263–264 . 10.2307/1578252 . 1578252 . 0024-094X.
  7. Haffie . Tom . 1992 . Special Book Section: Belly Laughing at Science . BioScience . 42 . 9 . 706–708 . 10.2307/1312178 . 0006-3568. free . 1312178 .

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