Annals of Improbable Research
Table of Contents for Volume 10, Issue 2
Way to Go issue
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On the front cover: The Santiaguito volcano in Guatemala, photographed by investigator Andrew Philip Baltensperger.
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On the back cover: A prohibitive sign at an Irani restaurant in Mumbai, India, sent in by investigator B.S. Chandramouly as part of our Prohibitions Competition. The competition seeks to answer the question "In all the world, which institution has the longest list of prohibitions?" See www.improbable.com
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Cover design by Peaco Todd.
The features marked with a star (*) are based entirely on material taken straight from standard research (and other Official and Therefore Always Correct) literature. Many of the other articles are genuine, too, but we don't know which ones.
Special Section: Way to Go
- 4 -- Notes On the Existence of Mikhailov* -- Ernest Ersatz
- 5 -- On the Existence of Mikhailov* -- Michael E.D. Koenig
- 8 -- WAY TO GO: David Lester* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 9 -- Some of Professor Lester’s Works*
- 18 - The Suicidometer -- Marc M. Sadowsky
- 21 -- FORGOTTEN MEN OF SCIENCE: Nimrod* -- Acacia Seewall
Improbable Research
- IFC -- Facial Recognition Test -- A.S. Kaswell
- 26 -- Proof Readers’ Update 2004 -- Joe Slavsky
Recommended Research*
- 24 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 25 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 27 -- Scientists Now Know* -- Ada Tussock
- 28 -- Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell, G. Neil Martin, and Bissell Mango
- 29 -- AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 31 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 7 -- HMO-NO News: The Birth of TV!
- 7 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 11 -- AIR books
- 16 -- Crop Defense -- Nick Kim
- 17 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 23 -- Socially Scientific -- Robin Abrahams
- 23 -- Ig Nobel Invitation
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve Richard Lederer
- 31 -- Back Issues
- IBC -- Unclassified Ads
Coming Events
- National Nanotech Initiative Conference -- April 2004
- Council of Scientific Society Presidents -- May 2004
- Assn. for Institutional Research -- June 2004
- Australia Ig Nobel Tour – Aug. 2004
- Alpbach Technology Forum, Austria – Aug. 2004
- 2004 Ig Nobel Ceremony – Sep. 30, 2004
- CascadiaCon, Seattle -- Sep. 2005
(see www.improbable.com for details of these and other events)