Takes a humorous look at science and research, discussing studies involving the mickymouse gene, the effects of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth, fifty ways to love your liver, and failure of electric shock treatment for rattlesnake envenomation
Mark Abrahams Boeken
Marc Abrahams is de oprichtende redacteur van het wetenschappelijke humorblad Annals of Improbable Research en de bedenker van de Ig Nobelprijzen. Via zijn column 'Improbable Research' en zijn boek verkent hij de fascinerende en vaak amusante aspecten van wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen. Zijn werk benadrukt de onverwachte verbanden en nieuwsgierige onderzoekingen die wetenschappelijke vooruitgang drijven, waardoor complexe onderwerpen toegankelijk en boeiend worden voor een breed publiek.
This is Improbable
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From the satirical mind behind the Ig Nobel Prizes comes a laugh-out-loud compendium of outlandish and thought-provoking science
For ten years the august scientists of Harvard University have scoured the world's research establishments for the most bizarre and weird real-life scientific research. The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. Ten prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is held in October. Prizes are awarded by genuine Nobel laureates.
For ten years the august scientists of Harvard University have scoured the world's research establishments for the most bizarre and weird real-life scientific research. The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. Ten prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is held in October. Prizes are awarded by genuine Nobel laureates.