Incredible Life: A Handbook of Biological Mysteries (Handbook Series / Sourcebook Project) [Hardcover]

William R. Corliss (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1018 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebook Project (March 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915554070
• ISBN-13: 978-0915554072
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,247,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Bargain!, July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Incredible Life: A Handbook of Biological Mysteries (Handbook Series / Sourcebook Project) (Hardcover)

This is a hefty, hard cover book full of very strange journal articles culled from the last 100+ years. It is endlessly entertaining and provocative- subjects were not chosen for oddness so much as to challenge conventional scientific wisdom i.e. the inheritance of acquired characteristics, evolution, etc. The book can be opened anywhere because individual articles are rather brief- it will provide endless hours of browsing and is a steal at this price. A further benefit is that it may shake up your thinking and remind you to keep your eyes open for the wonders that are occurring all around us.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overstimulation to the Brain's COOL zone! (step right up!), December 19, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Incredible Life: A Handbook of Biological Mysteries (Handbook Series / Sourcebook Project) (Hardcover)

Well let's face it. YOU, my little cream-puff monastery door frame, YOU, my little applesauce crabcake fish-halter, *YOU* my sweet dear little magic hamburger with a side order of happy sauce----YOU have always wanted to see a picture of a fowl with the facial features of a simian! Don't deny it! I'm sure it's only a matter of time before an individual gene for this trait is isolated and discovered to be common to all humanity! And this book features, among other freak-show laboratory mysteries, JUST SUCH A PICTURE. Don't get me wrong--there is only one reason that I don't think EVERY home in America should own a copy. And that is PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Yes, I admit to not owning this book because THANK THE GODS IN MERCIFUL HEAVEN my local library possesses a copy. When I lived in Hawaii, though, I could not find a copy and NEARLY WENT MAD LOOKING FOR ONE. So if you live in Hawaii, buy this book. It is a VERY GOOD BOOK, so write a letter of appreciation to William Corliss. He has gathered together some of life's greatest mysteries in an all-out GREAT SCIENTIFIC BOOK OF THE FUTURE EXTRAVAGANZA. Featured are: *descriptions of unidentified creatures of Africa *an illustrated account of a person who shedded the BONES from their body regularly *the odd history of the RAT-KING (must be read to be understood) *the boy with a tail *the Unicorn--fact or fancy *many many more READ THE BOOK and KNOW THE COOL STUFF THEY WERE AFRAID TO SPEAK OF IN BIOLOGY CLASS Signing off, WALTER ISAAC MOCZYGEMBA "star of stage and screen" (not really, kids)