The Best of Annals of Improbable Research
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0716730944 / Publisher: W. H. Freeman, September 1997
Takes a humorous look at science and research, discussing studies involving the mickymouse gene, the effects of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth, fifty ways to love your liver, and failure of electric shock treatment for rattlesnake envenomation
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New for 1999 the completely unrevised old edition! Abrahams, the editor of AIR and the creator of the Ig Nobel prize, collects some brisk interviews with actual, live Nobel laureates, highlights from Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies, and reports of genuine and concocted research, including: the effects of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth; the aerodynamics of potato chips; and the taxonomy of Barney. Not to be missed (again). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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