How to Make a Zombie The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control

by Swain, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781851689446
• ISBN10: 1851689443
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-11
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

Join a notorious pop science punk as he investigates real zombie reports from around the world. It's terrifying!

The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey’s army to the Voodoo potions of Haiti. Now, Frank Swain, the force behind Science Punk, has joined the quest, digging up genuine zombie research:

• dog heads brought back to life without their bodies

• secret agents dosing targets with zombie drugs

• parasites that push their hosts to suicide or sex changes

• the elixir of life hidden in an eighteenth-century painting

This mind-bending and entertaining excavation of incredible science is unlike anything you’ve read before.

Author Biography

Frank Swain is the founder of SciencePunk, the popular SEED ScienceBlogs website devoted to the fringes of science. A regular contributor to publications such as Wired and the Guardian, he has a history of climbing buildings, managing burlesque shows, and generally being a force for good—and the scientific method.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Zombie Recipe

1. Dead Men Working the Fields

2. Time for a Revival

3. Harvesting Humans

4. Mickey Finn and Other Thugs

5. Remote/Control

6. Ghouls and Nannies

7. Army of Bloodsuckers

Epilogue: Here and Now

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index