# Wired Article - "Disturbing Science Books for Kids" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180 "2012-02-27T20:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/1 "2012-02-27T20:11:30Z")
Saw [this article](http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/02/alt-text-science-books-kids) on Wired, and got a few laughs. Apparently a former astronaut is writing a new science book that puts a positive spin on being a lab mouse, and the article’s author proposes some new kids’ books along the same lines. My favorites are “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Control Group”, and “Where the Statistically Valid Things Are”. I took a stab at some proposed additions: [ul] [li]“The Velveeta-force-fed Rabbit”[/li][li]“How the Grinches at PETA Stole Thousands of Dollars Worth of Lab Animals and Almost Ruined My Career - Now Give Them Back You Filthy Granola-eating Hippies”[/li][li]“Where the Red Growth Grows”[/li][li]“Richard Scarry’s Big Book of Pharmacological Side Effects”[/li][/ul] Any others you can think of? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/2 "2012-02-27T20:18:50Z")
Peter Rabbit Dissected. The Mouse and the Motorcycle Crash Test. Murder Case Histories: Jack and Jill went up the Hill. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/3 "2012-02-27T20:20:45Z")
If you give a Mouse a Carcinogen Bartholomew and the Hydrofluoric Acid ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/4 "2012-02-27T20:29:12Z")
There is a Teratoma at the End of this Book The Secret Fungus Garden The Cat in the Skinner Box Green Eggs and Salmonella The LORAN ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/5 "2012-02-27T20:44:59Z")
Fox in Stocks ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/6 "2012-02-27T20:49:22Z")
Good Dog, Pavlov! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/7 "2012-02-27T20:50:58Z")
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Data ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/8 "2012-02-27T20:56:00Z")
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Data Dr. Frisbee and the Rats of N.I.M.H. Dissect the Bunny ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/9 "2012-02-27T20:57:19Z")
Goodnight Moon Landings James and the Giant Hadron Collider The Little Engine That Could Never Be a Perpetual Motion Machine ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/10 "2012-02-27T21:01:06Z")
Schrödinger’s Cat Both In and Not In the Hat The Giving Function Tree Guess How Much I Love You and Your Grant Money ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/11 "2012-02-27T21:02:40Z")
The Cat in the Vat. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/12 "2012-02-27T21:03:05Z")
Make way for genetically engineered ducklings. Curious George, the Monkey who’s head was transplanted. Wind in the _Salix Babylonicas._ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/13 "2012-02-27T21:07:53Z")
Fantastic Mr Urban Feral Fox James and the Genetically Engineered Peach ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/14 "2012-02-27T21:42:29Z")
“The Hunger Games” - by Ivan Petrovich Pavlov “Schrödinger’s Cat In The Hat (Open the book and find out if he’s dead or alive!)” ETA: ninja’d by **pravnik**!! “Oh, the Places You’ll Go (participating in CIA-funded LSD studies)!” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Undisclosed Test Group 1B Liquid” “Poking Little Puppies” ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/15 "2012-02-27T21:49:51Z")
“Judy’s Not So Moody (Thanks To a Treatment Regimen of Lithium and Clonazepam)” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/16 "2012-02-28T14:32:55Z")
**Fox in Fox**. Your child’s INtroduction to REproduction. **The Bockscar Children**. And the bomb they dropped. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/17 "2012-02-28T14:47:30Z")
The Square Root of all Evil ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/18 "2012-02-28T15:15:29Z")
The Atomic Clock in the Wall Online Encyclopedia Brown ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/19 "2012-02-28T17:50:55Z")
Anne of Green Algae Little Lab on the Prairie Five Little Peppers and How They Were Cloned ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180/20 "2012-02-28T18:57:20Z")
Five Children and I.T. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-article-disturbing-science-books-for-kids/614180.md?page=2)