Annals of Improbable Research
Table of Contents for Volume 10, Issue 6
Ig Nobel issue
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On the front cover: Professor William Lipscomb, 1976 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, with a hula-hoop at the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Photo: Robin Abrahams.
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On the back cover: A blackboard drawing done by 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue in explaining how he invented karaoke. Mr. Inoue and many of the other 2004 winners took part in the Ig Informal Lectures. Photo: Kees Moeliker.
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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: IG NOBEL 2004
[NOTE: Video of the 2004 ceremony, as well as lots of additional info, can be found on the Ig Nobel portion of our web site: www.improbable.com]
- 2 -- The Birth of Karaoke* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 4 -- The 14th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony* -- Stephen Drew
- 7 -- The 2004 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
- 11 -- The Acceptance Speeches*
- 16 -- The 24/7 Lectures*
- 18 -- The Atkins Diet Opera -- Marc Abrahams
- 22 -- Passed Winners: John Mack and Jacques Benveniste*
- 23 -- Safer Suicide* -- Martin A. Safer
Recommended Research*
- 24 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 25 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 26 -- Karaoke Research Review* -- Drovik Pestulan
- 28 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 29 -- AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 10 -- HMO-NO News: Mind Your Body!
- 10 -- AIR Books
- 24 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 27 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 31 -- “Either You Talk...” -- Nick Kim
- 31 -- Back Issues
- IBC -- Unclassified Ads
Coming Events
- (see www.improbable.com for details of coming events)