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Quirky Science History
About the comic
Five episodes of mad, wacky, eccentric, bizzare science experiments from history.
Year: 1901
A soul-searching experiment
Some people say the soul weighs 21 grams. Where did this saying originate? A physician named Duncan MacDougall attempted to weigh the soul despite resistance from the authorities. Click on MacDougall to read the full comic!
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Author
Crystal is a Science Communication masters student at Australian National University and National University of Singapore. Previously an environmental biology student and writer for Eco-Business. She thinks comics are a fun way to get science out on the WWW. This series is a project for Science Communication and the Web, a course at Australian National University.
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