This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research
Paperback Published on: 07/03/2013
Price: £26.00
Synopsis
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?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications
- ISBN: 9781851689750
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
- Languages: English
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This is Improbable
I struggled to get into this book, I found it quite hard to follow. Disappointing all in all.
Makes you laugh while making you think
Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes which reward achievements which make people laugh and then make them think, brings us a collection of strange... READ MORE
Xmas present
This Is Improbable-it certainly is! It is not a book that you would usually read straight through (although I more or less did because I promised to review... READ MORE
A laugh out loud look at science
A great book that had me laughing out loud at some of the very strange scientific experiments, but they also made me think as well, and after reading the s... READ MORE