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

by Marc Abrahams

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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?

  • ISBN10 1851689753
  • ISBN13 9781851689750
  • Publish Date 7 March 2013 (first published 1 September 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 7 July 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oneworld Publications
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 320
  • Language English