The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research.THE IG NOBEL PRIZES The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October — around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced — for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think. 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research MARC ABRAHAMSON Did you know that chickens prefer good-looking people to ugly ones? That the more radio airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. that country music gets in a city, the higher the suicide rate there? That women are more likely than men to eat food that has fallen on the floor? Now you do, and it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have all thanks to the wonders of science. Author Abrahamson has a degree in applied mathematics, but his forte An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Sun. It was folded into the Sun Studio compiler and tool suite, which is based on the open source Netbeans IDE. is in unearthing and sharing wacky, authentic research and technical accomplishment. This enterprise has given rise to 14 First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies, so far, and, now, two books. Many studies described here have appeared in legitimate research journals yet address questions such as the effect of wearing wet underwear in Norway. Other items, each in a short-chapter format, celebrate the invention of karaoke karaoke (Japanese; “empty orchestra”) Use of a device that plays instrumental accompaniments to songs with the vocal tracks removed, permitting the user to sing the lead. and other achievements just as worthy of note. Dutton, 2005, 270 p., b&w illus., hardcover, $18.95. |
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