The Darwin Awards: The Official Darwin Awards: Nobody Could be That Stupid and Live! - Softcover

Northcutt, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752838717 ISBN 13: 9780752838717

Verlag: Orion, 2000

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Book by WENDY NORTHCUTT EDITOR

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Reseña del editor

One of the best known and most frequently visited web sites is the Darwin Awards web site. Practically everyone who is on the net has received a Darwin story in their e-mail at one time or another. It is one of those legendary sites which has become part of the fabric of being on-line. Started in 1993 by biologist Wendy Northcutt she set out to collect together and authenticate stories of individuals around the world who, through their stupidity, have removed themselves from the gene pool, (i.e. killed themselves). These are the people for whom warnings such as 'coffee is hot' and 'this superman cape does not enable the wearer to fly' were made. This is black humour elevated to its purest commercial form. There are rules here too. The candidate must: exhibit astounding misapplication of judgement; remove himself/herself from the gene pool; be capable of sound judgement; be self selecting (i.e. it was their fault) and the event must be verifiable.

Biografía del autor

Wendy Northcutt majored in Molecular Biology at UC Berkeley, and worked in biological research. After five years working on the Darwin Awards website in her spare time, she now works as a internet consultant and manages the Darwin Awards website.

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• Verlag: Orion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0752838717
• ISBN 13: 9780752838717
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176