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

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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.

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After reading this hilarious book, you'll never look at scientists in the same way again. --Terry Jones, bestselling author and Python
Delightful... a pleasure to read in the bathroom and in the bedroom, and the kind of book that makes you seem smarter when you share it with friends (just make sure you wash your hands first). --Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational
Marc Abrahams is a perfectly calibrated filtration system into which all of science is poured and out of which comes pure, giddy goofball delight. This book is a delicious, addictive treat. --Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Packing for Mars
Wonderful! The definitive compendium of quirky, jaw-dropping research --Richard Wiseman, author of:59 seconds

Author Bio

Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research and a weekly columnist for the Guardian. He is the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honour achievements that make people laugh, and then think, and which are presented in an annual ceremony at Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, Robin.