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Table of Contents for
Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2006
Fame & Fortune issue
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.
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On the front cover: Tokens of fame and fortune. Photomontage: A.S. Kaswell.
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On the back cover: A slug takes a leisurely, if perilous, stroll on a bicycle path in Hobart, Tasmania, August 2005, as part of the Ig Nobel Tour of Tasmania. Photo: S. Drew.
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Cover design by Peaco Todd.
Special Section: FAME & FORTUNE
- 11 -- Measuring Fame Quantitatively (3). What Does it Take to Make the ‘A’ List?*-- Eric Schulman
- 14 -- Measuring Celebrity*-- Leslie Lamport
- 18 -- Fortune on Fortunes*-- Jessica Girard and Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 20 -- Famously Forgotten -- A Picture Puzzle -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Stephen Drew
Special Section: Olympic Sports
- 6 -- Bodybuilders Have Tiny Testes*-- Sam Shuster
- 9 -- Ice Skaters Have Small Breasts*-- Bobbie Shuster and Sam Shuster
Improbable Research
- 24 -- How to Write a Crank Letter*-- Marc Abrahams
Improbable Research Reviews*
- ifc -- The Adventures of B. Witcombe, Physician* -- Nan Swift
- 4 -- Improbable Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 5 -- Improbable Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 16 -- Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Bissell Mango
- 17 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 22 -- Icky Cutesy Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 23 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 26 -- Funny You Should Ask* -- Marc Abrahams
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 10 -- AIR Books
- 13 -- Ig Nobel Invitation
- 15 -- HMO-NO News: Olympic Challenge!
- 23 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 26 -- Socially Scientific -- Robin Abrahams
- 28 -- Puzzling Solutions -- Emil Filterbag
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 31 -- CARTOON: ““At the Home for Old Atoms” -- Nick Kim
- 31 -- Back Issues
- IBC -- Unclassified Ads
Coming Events
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