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Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : Dutton Adult |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Research |
ISBN | : |
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The hilarious second installment of the popular humor series honors the world's most improbable actual research, such as a Norwegian team that documented the impact of wearing wet underwear in the cold.
Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : Orion Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780752842615 |
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WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. 10 prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. WHY: The 'Igs' are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative and shine a spotlight onto the weird corners of laboratories around the world. PAST WINNERS: Peter Fong's experiment in which he fed Prozac to clams on the basis that if they chilled out more they'd taste better. Harold Hillman's report on 'The Possible Pain Experienced during Execution by Different Methods'...
Author | : Len Fisher |
Publisher | : Arcade Publishing |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781559706803 |
Download How to Dunk a Doughnut Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Details some of science behind everyday activities such as cooking, home improvement, sports, and dunking a donut.
Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Research |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nobel Prize winners |
ISBN | : 9780752868462 |
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The Ig Nobel Prizes make people laugh, and then make them think. Included in this new edition are: the Dutch scientist who investigated homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks, the Swedish team that looked into chickens' preferences in humans, and the man who made it possible for someone to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for corporate events. Sometimes, as in the latter case, Ig Nobel Prizes could not be awarded without the entire nation getting behind the researchers.As before, there is an irresistible blend of serious science and complete incredulity at the way the human quest for knowledge takes us into ever more obscure areas of research.
Author | : Rebecca Donnelly |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019-10-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250759048 |
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Celebrate cats in all their flowing, furry glory in Cats Are a Liquid, a charming picture book that examines the unusual physical properties of felines by writer Rebecca Donnelly and illustrator Misa Saburi. Cats fill./ Cats spill./ Cats flow downhill.// Cats tip./ Cats drip./ Cats grip, snip, rip.// Cats are a liquid/ Except when they’re not. Inspired by an Ig Nobel Prize–winning investigation of how cats behave like liquids, this book introduces some of the physical properties of liquids—they adapt to fit a container, they flow like fluids—and is just pure fun. Like its inspiration, it makes you laugh, then think. Back matter includes a brief introduction to the different physical states: solid, liquid, gas.
Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : Orion Media |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780752864617 |
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The Ig Nobel Prizes make people laugh, and then make them think. Included in this new edition are: the Dutch scientist who investigated homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks, the Swedish team that looked into chickens' preferences in humans, and the man who made it possible for someone to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for corporate events. Sometimes, as in the latter case, Ig Nobel Prizes could not be awarded without the entire nation getting behind the researchers. As before, there is an irresistible blend of serious science and complete incredulity at the way the human quest for knowledge takes us into ever more obscure areas of research.
Author | : Charles Foster |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2016-06-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1627796347 |
Download Being a Beast Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A passionate naturalist explores what it’s really like to be an animal—by living like them How can we ever be sure that we really know the other? To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non-humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, sleeping in a sett in a Welsh hillside and eating earthworms, learning to sense the landscape through his nose rather than his eyes. He caught fish in his teeth while swimming like an otter; rooted through London garbage cans as an urban fox; was hunted by bloodhounds as a red deer, nearly dying in the snow. And he followed the swifts on their migration route over the Strait of Gibraltar, discovering himself to be strangely connected to the birds. A lyrical, intimate, and completely radical look at the life of animals—human and other—Being a Beast mingles neuroscience and psychology, nature writing and memoir to cross the boundaries separating the species. It is an extraordinary journey full of thrills and surprises, humor and joy. And, ultimately, it is an inquiry into the human experience in our world, carried out by exploring the full range of the life around us.
Author | : Thomas Thwaites |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-05-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1616894938 |
Download GoatMan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
Author | : Marc Abrahams |
Publisher | : Plume Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2006-09 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780452287723 |
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A hilarious collection of the world’s most improbable research in the sciences, arts, and humanities The Nobel Prize brings well-deserved recognition to the world’s greatest accomplishments. But for some who are not lucky enough to become Nobel laureates comes the Ig Nobel Prize, which honors the most eccentrically innovative minds and their unique endeavors. Born from the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard University, The Man Who Tried to Clone Himselfis a fresh collection of the unbelievable-but-true achievements that are awarded this prestigious honor, including: * The scientists who discovered that chickens prefer beautiful humans * The entire nation of Liechtenstein, which rents itself out for weddings, bar mitzvahs, or other gatherings * The Norwegian research team that documented the impact of wearing wet underwear in the cold Demonstrating the incredible lengths people will go in the pursuit of knowledge, The Man Who Tried to Clone Himselfis perfect for anyone who wants to laugh and then think.