Science Made Stupid

{{short description|Book by Tom Weller}}

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Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World Around Us is a 1985 book written and illustrated by Tom Weller. The winner of the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book,{{Cite web |date=2007-07-26 |title=1986 Hugo Awards |url=https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1986-hugo-awards/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=The Hugo Awards |language=en-US}} it is a parody of a junior high or high school-level science textbook. Though now out of print, high-resolution scans are available online,{{Cite web |title=Tom Weller's Science Made Stupid and Culture Made Stupid (Cvltvre Made Stvpid) |url=https://www.chrispennello.com/tweller/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.chrispennello.com}} as well as an abridged transcription,{{Cite web |title=Science Made Stupid |url=https://www.besse.at/sms/smsintro.html |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.besse.at}} both of which have been endorsed by Weller.{{Cite web |title=Tom Weller Presents |url=http://www.tweller.com/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.tweller.com}} Highlights of the book include a satirical account of the creationism vs. evolution debate{{Cite journal |last=Hedgpeth |first=Joel W. |date=1988 |title=Review of A Treasury of Science Jokes.; Science Made Stupid. How to Discomprehend the World Around Us.; Droll Science. Being a Treasury of Whimsical Characters, Laboratory Levity, and Scholarly Follies. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2830438 |journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=324–325 |doi=10.1086/415942 |jstor=2830438 |issn=0033-5770|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Taso |first=Leon |date=1986 |title=Review of Science Made Stupid: How to Discomprehend the World around Us |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1578252 |journal=Leonardo |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=263–264 |doi=10.2307/1578252 |jstor=1578252 |issn=0024-094X|url-access=subscription }} and Weller's drawings of fictional prehistoric animals (e.g., the duck-billed mastodon). The style has been compared to Mad magazine.{{Cite journal |last=Haffie |first=Tom |date=1992 |title=Special Book Section: Belly Laughing at Science |journal=BioScience |volume=42 |issue=9 |pages=706–708 |doi=10.2307/1312178 |issn=0006-3568|doi-access=free |jstor=1312178 }}

Weller released a companion volume, Culture Made Stupid (also spelled Cvltvre Made Stvpid), which satirizes literature and the humanities.