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1	The Ig Nobel Prizes: Rewarding the World's Unlikeliest Research more books like this by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist From the humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, here are the anti-Nobels--prizes that should have been awarded (but, inexplicably, weren't) for such accomplishments as treating snakebites with electroshock and calculating how many times a piece of toast will fall buttered side down. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research more books like this by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist From the humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, here are the anti-Nobels--prizes that should have been awarded (but, inexplicably, weren't) for such accomplishments as treating snakebites with electroshock and calculating how many times a piece of toast will fall buttered side down. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself: And Other True Stories of the World's Most Bizarre Research and the IG Nobel Prizes more books like this by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist A hilarious collection of the worlds most improbable research in the sciences, arts, and humanities The Nobel Prize brings well-deserved recognition to the worlds 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
4	The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research more books like this by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Best of Annals of Improbable Research: Air more books like this by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist The "Annals of Improbable Research" (AIR) is often desribed as the "Mad Magazine of Science". It is a bi-monthly magazine and an Internet Website. It is best known for hosting the "Ig Nobel" ceremony, honouring real scientists who have conducted funded research, yet whose achievements "cannot and should not be reproduced". This book will cover the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.76! \| first editions
6	Sex as a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble: More of the Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results more books like this by Marc Abrahams (Editor) add to wishlist A parody of scholarly and scientific journals, this book includes a proposal to save the Grand Canyon by filling it with Styrofoam peanuts, an examination of the role of Jell-O in the disappearance of the dinosaurs, and a look at why men's beards trigger hysteria in cats. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.14! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ig Nobel Prizes 2: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans V. 2 by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
8	Ig Nobel Prizes 2: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans: Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans V. 2 by Marc Abrahams add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $14.00!
9	In Search of Battlefields by Marc Alexander, Paul Abrahams add to wishlist Unlike castles and cathedrals, the battlefields situated around the UK are not easily found and require some background knowledge of the contender's tactics, the cause of the battle and its effect on history to be fully appreciated. At first sight, Bosworth is a piece of rural landscape, yet here a royal house was brought to an end and the Tudor ... see all copies from $14.92! new only from $14.92!
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11	Prix Ignobel (Les) by Abrahams Marc add to wishlist see all copies from $66.03! new only from $66.03!
12	Der Einflua Von Erdnuabutter Auf Die Erdrotation: Forschungen, Die Die Welt Nicht Braucht more books like this by Marc Abrahams (Editor), G Herbst (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $104.84!

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