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This Is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, And Other Wtf Research - Softcover

Abrahams, Marc

 
9781851689750: This Is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, And Other Wtf Research
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1851689753 ISBN 13: 9781851689750
Verlag: Oneworld Publications, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

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?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marc Abrahams writes the 'Improbable Research' column for the Guardian and is the author of This Is Improbable (978-1-85168-975-0). He is editor of the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research and founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are presented annually at Harvard. Abrahams and the Igs have been covered by the BBC, New Scientist, Daily Mail, The Times, and numerous other outlets internationally. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Verlag
Oneworld Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1851689753
ISBN 13 
9781851689750
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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