The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame

by Daniel H. Wilson

Muwahahahaha! Dr. Frankenstein. Marie Curie. Dr. Moreau. Captain Nemo. They're the most fascinating minds of all time-and now a science guru has teamed up with an expert in human psychology to coax them out of their laboratories and onto the analyst's couch. Real and fictional, famous and infamous, crazy and just crazily driven, these brilliant men and women exhibit a list of neuroses almost as impressive as their extraordinary accomplishments. At last, you can explore their early fixations, their ambitions, their successes and failures, and the particular quirks that have granted each induction into the Mad Scientist Hall of Fame, Dr. Megalomaniacal doctor with antisocial personality disorder (and pathological dislike of his own son, Scotty) Nikola Real-life mad scientist with obsessive compulsive disorder (and he talked to aliens) Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Brilliant doctor gone bad, suffering from multiple personality disorder (and a penchant for strong chemical cocktails) Lex Villain and supergenius with manic mood disorder (and premature baldness) Witty, illuminating, and thoroughly entertaining, this one-of-a-kind book offers irrefutable proof that success, super-intelligence, and a mantelpiece full of Nobel prizes is no guarantee of sanity. Praise for Daniel H. Wilson "Daniel H. Wilson and Anna C. Long have made an exhaustive study of the evil mind. It is complete, pulls no punches, and reveals secrets that have hitherto remained hidden. It is for these reasons that I must liquidate them. Great book" -Mike Myers, aka Dr. Evil from Austin Powers "Forget about John Connor-it's Daniel H. Wilson who is going to save us from the Terminators". - Forbes on How to Survive a Robot Uprising "A tribute to the far-fetched ideas that often drive progress". -Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, for Where's My Jetpack? Daniel H. Wilson, Ph.D. earned a degree in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

A Cherokee citizen, Daniel H. Wilson grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned a Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 2 out of 5]

My interest in each profile varied with my familiarity with the scientist profiled: the more I knew about a fiction mad scientist, my interest rose; the less I knew about a real person, the more interesting it was.

Most of this is conjecture, but is still worth a read if you're interested in people who push the bounds of knowledge (or in some cases, morality).

[Louis · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting read of scientists, both real and fake and their recorded level and type of madness. Like Madame Curie, Nickolai Tesla to dr. Henry Jekyll and Lex Luthor.

I quite enjoyed it.

Muwahahahahahahaaa!

[Kevin Hogan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I appreciate any survey of mad scientists (as this is -- real and fictional) that includes Stanley Milgrom.

It was fun. I enjoyed reading it. Nice reference material. Probably won't read it again.

[Oriana]

Um, yes please. I have a very serious crush on Daniel Wilson. Plus who doesn't love mad scientists??