About this title: 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 Ig Nobel Prizes, their history, some highlights, and the 1996 Awards. Additional material about "Big Science" will include contributions by actual Nobel Laureates and articles that treat real science with a wry spin. The volume closes with ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780716730941ISBN:0716730944
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 208 pages, clean text and cover. "Dis someone actually invent the plastic pink flamingo or did it evolve from some protoplastic lawn ornament? It happens that the creator os this ubiquitous cultural icon is a gentleman named Don Featherstone, winner of the 1996 Ig Nobel Art Prize. " read more
Edition: First Edition (stated)
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. H. Freeman, NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780716730941ISBN:0716730944
Description: NF. Large format paperback, 208 pages. A fresh, bright copy with just a hint of wear to covers, no owner markings inside. Overall Near Fine condition. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated. First printing.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780716730941ISBN:0716730944
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Looks new inside and out. No markings or remainder marks. Large paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W. H. Freeman, New York, N.Y., USA
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780716730941ISBN:0716730944
Description: As New. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Very little or no wear; tho the front flap is price-clipt. Quite clean. "[The editor] begins the collection with the history of the magazine, some brisk interviews with actual, live Nobel laureates, and highlights from Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies past and present. The text features articles, limericks, and lyrics by all kinds of people in a splattering of subject areas. " 208 pages. read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 0716730944 Used; Very Good. No Jacket Book Paperback. Cover appears like new...clean & neat, spine is straight (at top edge of spine has faint scuff mark). Edges & corners are straight with no shelf wear. Inside front cover has a little writing in pen. Clean tight pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780716730941ISBN:0716730944
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A used ex-library copy. Library markings. Pages are somewhat worn. Cover worn with some creases. Edges and corners worn. Binding solid and tight. read more
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