Annals of Improbable Research
Table of Contents for Volume 10, Issue 5
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Cats issue
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On the front cover: A new image prepared for the Infinite Cats Project. Photo: Bruce and Julian Petschek
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On the back cover: These are a few images from Mike Stanfill’s Infinite Cats Project. Also see pages 16-17, and the front cover.
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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: CATS
- 12 -- The Science Behind Luwak Coffee* -- Massimo F. Marcone
- FC, 14, BC -- Infinite Cats -- Mike Stanfill
- 16 -- Cat Synchronization -- Wallaby Ranford
- 18 -- Cat Research Review* -- Tenzing A. Jones
- 28 -- Simpson and the 196 Cats*
Special Subsection: Cold War Kitties
- 4 -- Commentary on Esther the Cold War Kitty and the “Acoustic Kitty” Project -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 4 -- Excerpt from a Document about the “Acoustic Kitty” Project*
- 6 -- Esther the Cold War Kitty
- 8 -- Esther and the Soviet Gear Factory
- 10 -- Esther and the Soviet Oil Field
Improbable Research
- IFC -- Schroedinger’s Grave* -- Stephen Drew
Recommended Research*
- 20 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 21 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 23 -- AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 25 -- Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell, G. Neil Martin, and Bissell Mango
- 26 -- Scientists Now Know* -- Olph DeShaies
- 27 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 27 -- Icky Cutesy Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 9 -- HMO-NO News: Neat and Trim!
- 9 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 9 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 11 -- AIR Books
- 22 -- Ig Nobel Invitation
- 24 -- Socially Scientific -- Robin Abrahams
- 27 -- Plausible Statistics
- 29 -- The Newest Hairy Threesome* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 31 -- Fluffy, the Galileo -- Nick Kim
- 31 -- Back Issues
- IBC -- Unclassified Ads
Coming Events
- 2004 Ig Nobel Ceremony and webcast – Sep. 30, 2004
- Ig Informal Lectures – Oct. 2, 2004
- Wayne State Univ. – Oct. 29, 2004
- CascadiaCon, Seattle -- Sep. 2005
(see www.improbable.com for details of these and other events)