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The Best of Annals of Improbable Researchby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0716730944 (0-7167-3094-4)
Softcover, Freeman & Company, W. H.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best of Annals of Improbable Research'Book summary:"Science is too human, too much fun, and too important not to laugh at it." The Annals of Improbable Research (and its predecessor, the Journal of Irreproducible Results) has been making fun of science and scientists for decades. This latest compendium includes a listing of the Ig Nobel prizes, annually awarded "for scientific achievements which cannot or should not be reproduced," and some of the prizewinning papers, such as "Failure of Electric Shock Treatment for Rattlesnake Envenomation" and "Of Mites and Man." There are also plenty of groundbreaking original studies from AIR: "How Dead Is a Doornail?" "Furniture Airbags," and "The Medical Effects of Kissing Boo-Boos." As the book's warning label states, the result is a highly reactive mix: "Contents are unexpectedly educational and informative, especially in patients who suffer allergic reactions to science, technology, literature, or art. Can be highly addictive." Let the buyer beware. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The IG Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Researchby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0525949127 (0-525-94912-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The IG Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research'Book summary:The hilarious second installment of the popular humor series honoring the worlds most improbable actual research
The first volume of The Ig Nobel Prizes was celebrated as a "brainy bacchanalian" (USA Today) and "so funny you couldnt make it up" (The Washington Post). Now, the "guru of scientific satire" (Publishers Weekly), Marc Abrahams, returns with The Ig Nobel Prizes 2, a fresh compendium of all- new unbelievable-but-true accomplishments in the sciences, arts, and humanities.
Born from the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard University, The Ig Nobel Prizes 2 demonstrates the incredible lengths to which people will go in the pursuit of knowledge. Winners of this prestigious award include:
-The scientists who discovered that chickens prefer beautiful humans
-The Norwegian research team that documented the impact of wearing wet underwear in the cold
-The entire nation of Liechtenstein, which rents itself out for weddings, bar mitzvahs, or other gatherings.Featuring anecdotes from the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony and a zany collection of all new achievements, The Ig Nobel Prizes 2 is perfect for anyone who first wants to laugh and then wants to think. [via]
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The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Researchby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0752864610 (0-7528-6461-0)
Softcover, Orion Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ig Nobel Prizes'Book summary:A side-splitting compendium that pays tribute to those individuals whose achievements cannot or should not be reproduced.
Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes, those prestigious awards that recognize the world's most talented and innovative minds. Unfortunately, not all of the hopeful thinkers and academics around the globe can become Nobel Laureates, but some are lucky enough to win the esteemed Ig Nobel Prize instead. Their unbelievable accomplishments are now documented in glorious detail in The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research.
Drawn from the world's wackiest actual achievements in science, economics, and peace, The Ig Nobel Prizes demonstrates the extreme measures people will take in the quest for knowledge. Read about the professor who proved that toast falls buttered-side-down more often than not, and the Southern Baptist Church of Alabama, which devised a formula to determine how many Alabamans will go to Hell.
This hilarious book features these endeavors and many more, along with photographs from the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies at Harvard University. An entertaining exhibition of brains and determination, The Ig Nobel Prizes is ideal for anyone who first wants to laugh and then wants to think. [via]More editions of The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research:
- The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research: ISBN 0452285739 (0-452-28573-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research: ISBN 0525947531 (0-525-94753-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA - Ig Nobel Prizes: ISBN 0752864610 (0-7528-6461-0)
Softcover, Orion Media
- The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research: ISBN 0452285739 (0-452-28573-9)
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IgNobel Prizes 2: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humansby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0752868462 (0-7528-6846-2)
Hardcover, Orion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'IgNobel Prizes 2: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans'Book summary:The Ig Nobel Prizes make people laugh, and then make them think. Included in this new edition are: the Dutch scientist who investigated homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks, the Swedish team that looked into chickens' preferences in humans, and the man who made it possible for someone to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for corporate events. Sometimes, as in the latter case, Ig Nobel Prizes could not be awarded without the entire nation getting behind the researchers. As before, there is an irresistible blend of serious science and complete incredulity at the way the human quest for knowledge takes us into ever more obscure areas of research. [via]
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IgNobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Researchby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0752842617 (0-7528-4261-7)
Softcover, Orion Books Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'IG Nobel Prizes : The Annals of Improbable Research'Book summary:For 10 years the august scientists of Harvard University have scoured the world's research establishments for the most bizarre and weird real-life scientific research. WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. 10 prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is held in October. Prizes are awarded by genuine Nobel laureates. WHY: The 'Igs' are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative and shine a grubby spotlight onto the weird corners of laboratories around the world. PAST WINNERS: Peter Fong's experiment in which he fed Prozac to clams (Ig Nobel Biology Prize, 1998) on the basis that if they chilled out more they'd taste better. Harold Hillman's report on 'The Possible Pain Experienced during Execution by Different Methods' (Ig Nobel Peace Prize, 1997) Jerald Bain and Kerry Siminoski's examination of The Relationship among Height, Penile Length, and Foot Size (Ig Nobel Statistics Prize, 1998). Masumi Wakita (Ig Nobel Psychology Prize, 1995) and their achievement in training pigeons to discriminate between the paintings of Picasso and those of Monet Richard Seed (Ig Nobel Economics Prize, 1997) and his plan to clone himself and other human beings. Ida Sabelis (Ig Nobel Biology 2000) for Magnetic resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal The book will look behind the scenes of these landmark researchers and feature the weirdest research from a hundred years of science. [via]
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The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself: And Other True Stories of the World's Most Bizarre Research and the Ig Noble Prizesby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0452287723 (0-452-28772-3)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself: And Other True Stories of the World's Most Bizarre Research and the Ig Noble Prizes'Book summary:A hilarious collection of the worlds most improbable research in the sciences, arts, and humanities
The Nobel Prize brings well-deserved recognition to the worlds greatest accomplishments. But for some who are not lucky enough to become Nobel laureates comes the Ig Nobel Prize, which honors the most eccentrically innovative minds and their unique endeavors. Born from the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard University, The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself is a fresh collection of the unbelievable-but-true achievements that are awarded this prestigious honor, including:
* The scientists who discovered that chickens prefer beautiful humans
* The entire nation of Liechtenstein, which rents itself out for weddings, bar mitzvahs, or other gatherings
* The Norwegian research team that documented the impact of wearing wet underwear in the cold
Demonstrating the incredible lengths people will go in the pursuit of knowledge, The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself is perfect for anyone who wants to laugh and then think. [via]More editions of The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself: And Other True Stories of the World's Most Bizarre Research and the Ig Noble Prizes:
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Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubbleby Marc AbrahamsISBN 1563053128 (1-56305-312-8)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble'Book summary:A proposal to save the Grand Canyon by filling it with styrofoam piffles. The role Jell-O played in the mass extinction of dinosaurs. Why men's beards trigger hysteria and antipathy in cats. JIR is definitely still at it, and from hypothesis to experiment to conclusion here are 150 startling new discoveries reported in the pages of The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results, the magazine for biologists, protozoologists, mathematicians, astrophysicists, clinical psychologists, and physiographers. Selection of the Library of Science Book Club. [via]
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