This is Improbable Too

Synchronized Cows, Speedy Brain Extractors and More WTF Research

Marc Abrahams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2014
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-361-5 (ISBN)

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The mind behind the infamous Ig Nobel Prizes presents an addictive collection of improbable research all about us – and you

Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly improbable. Here he turns to research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included):

• What’s the best way to get a monkey to floss regularly?

• How much dandruff do Pakistani soldiers have?

• If you add an extra henchman to your bank-robbing gang, how much more money will you 'earn'?

• How many dimples will be found on the cheeks of 28,282 Greek children?

• Who is the Einstein of pork carcasses?

Marc Abrahams writes the 'Improbable Research' column for the Guardian and is the author of This Is Improbable. He is the founding 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 lives in Massachusetts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.3.2014
Zusatzinfo	80 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
ISBN-10	1-78074-361-0 / 1780743610
ISBN-13	978-1-78074-361-5 / 9781780743615
Zustand	Neuware