{"product_id":"the-darwin-awards-next-evolution-chlorinating-the-gene-pool-9780452295636","title":"The Darwin Awards Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Wendy Northcutt is back, asking, \u003ci\u003eHave we evolved at all?\u003c\/i\u003e The answer: \u003ci\u003e Not all of us.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What crazy cocktail of DNA leads Homo sapiens to do pull-ups off the edge of a seventh-floor balcony or wrap their lips around a paintball gun and pull the trigger? How about offering a beer to a bear or self-testing a Taser? Why not go joyriding in a shopping cart strapped to an SUV or jump a drawbridge on a bicycle? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fully illustrated with over a hundred new jaw-dropping and side-splitting feats of stupidity--and including science essays by guest writers and answers to FAQs about evolution in action--\u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards Next Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e continues the tradition of honoring the victims of appallingly poor survival instinct who selflessly improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology, \u003cb\u003eWendy Northcutt\u003c\/b\u003e began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993. Her award-winning Web site www.DarwinAwards.com is one of the most popular humor pages on the Web. \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards \u003c\/i\u003ehave been profiled in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. Wendy is the author of the international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards 2: Unnatural Selection\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards 3: Survival of the Fittest, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design, The Darwin Awards: Next Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Awards: Countdown to Extinction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plume Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514179948818,"sku":"9780452295636","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7bdfead0-c20a-4e9c-bc06-a8c561c7aafd.jpg?v=1730974853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-darwin-awards-next-evolution-chlorinating-the-gene-pool-9780452295636","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}