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

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Marc Abrahams

This is Improbable

Name: This is Improbable
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ISBN: 9781851689750

Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research

Marc Abrahams

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English

One World
07 March 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Humour

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?

By: Marc Abrahams
Imprint: One World
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
ISBN: 9781851689750
ISBN 10: 1851689753
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 March 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Author Website: http://http://www.improbable.com/

Marc Abrahams is editor of the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research and founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are presented at Harvard University each year. Abrahams and the Ig have been covered by the BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, Times, and numerous other outlets internationally. He writes the weekly Improbable Research column for the Guardian.

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

Delightful... a pleasure to read in the bathroom and in the bedroom, and the kind of book that makes you seem smarter when you share it with friends (just make sure you wash your hands first). --Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational