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This is improbable

Author
Abrahams, Marc.

 

Publisher
Oxford, England : Oneworld, 2012.
Description
ix, 299 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call #
502.07 A
Summary
Prologue, without ducks -- Strange in the head -- Things that matter -- Dogs, cows, cats, and so forth -- Behave yourself (or don't) -- Eat, think, and be merry -- Money can be valuable -- Of us, in bed -- Exciting injuries and ills -- Seriously deadly -- Just add. What, er? -- For detectives -- It must mean-- something. Marc Abrahams, the founder of the famous Ig Nobel Prize, offers an addictive, wryly funny expose of the oddest, most imaginative, and just plain improbable research from around the world. He looks into why books on ethics are more likely to get stolen and how promoting people randomly improves their work, to what time of month generates higher tips for Vegas lap dancers and how mice were outfitted with parachutes to find a better way to murder tree snakes in Guam. Abrahams' tour through these unlikeliest investigations of animals, plants, and minerals, including humans, will first make you laugh, then make you think about the globe in a new way.
Subjects
Science -- Research
ISBN #
9781851689316

 

ID #
1643530

 

Reviews and Notes

Summary/Annotation ->  Thinking seriously about outlandish problems has yielded many advances in science. Sometimes. Sometimes, not. 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 research annals: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?Abrahams' wry tour through these strangest of strange investigations of animals, plants, and minerals (including humans) will first make you laugh, and then make you think about your world in a completely new way

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