This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research

Abrahams, Marc

ISBN 10: 1851689753 / ISBN 13: 9781851689750

Published by Oneworld Publications, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851689753
• ISBN 13: 9781851689750
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Laugh out loud and then think seriously about these outlandish scientific studies

Marc Abrahams, the mind behind the internationally renowned Ig Nobel Prizes, is on a mission: to gather the bizarre, the questionable, the brilliant, the downright funny, the profound – everything improbable – from the annals of science research.

 

What’s the best way to slice a ham sandwich, mathematically?

What makes Bobs look especially Bob-like?

Is the right or left ear better at discerning lies?

Could mice be outfitted with parachutes to kill tree snakes?

About the Author

Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research and a weekly columnist for the Guardian. He is the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honour achievements that make people laugh, and then think, and which are presented in an annual ceremony at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Robin.