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Table of Contents for
Vol. 13, No. 2, March/April 2007
Theoretical Figures 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: A drawing from the classic essay “Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown,” slightly enhanced by Peaco Todd. See page 6.
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On the back cover: A technical drawing from U.S. patent # 6601326, granted on August 5, 2003 to Rebecca J. Bublitz and Annette L. Terhorst for a “repositionable display system in the shape of a human figure that can be used to communicate information by holding signs or by making simple gestures.”
(To see the back cover enlarged, click on the image.)
Cover design by Peaco Todd.
Special Section: Theoretical Figures
- 6 -- Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown -- Charles Seim
- 10 -- The Birth of “Strapless Evening Gown”* -- Charles Seim
- 13 -- Cost of a Child*-- Wendy Cooper
- 16 -- Forrester’s Third Symmetric Figure* -- Stephen Drew
- 20 -- The Chemical and Physical Properties of Vampires in the Gaseous State*-- Scott Sandford, Jason Dworkin and Max Bernstein
Improbable Research Reviews*
- IFC -- Clean Drunk* --Alice Shirell Kaswell
- 4 -- Improbable Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 5 -- Improbable Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 18 -- Plucked from Obscurity: Restroom Reservations* -- Marina Tsipis
- 19 -- Icky Cutesy Research Review* -- Alice Shirell Kaswell
- 27 -- Finger, Tingle and Mohn* -- Nan Swift
- 26 -- Soft Is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Bissell Mango
- 28 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 29 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 13 -- AIR Books
- 14 -- POEM: A is for Acceleration*-- Jeremy Gorman
- 25 -- Ig Nobel Invitation
- 27 -- HMO-NO News: Generic Caregivers!!
- 26 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 29 -- Improbable now digital, too.
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 31 -- CARTOON: "Fly Hell” -- Nick Kim
- 31 -- Back Issues
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