Annals of Improbable Research
NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2011 (volume 17, number 6)
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Special Issue
The 2011 Ig® Nobel Prizes
The Wasabi Alarm,
Driving Without Looking,
Beetles Boink Bottles…
Contents
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Special Section: The 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes
The 21at First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony* — Stephen Drew
The 2011 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
The Acceptance Speeches*
The 24-7 Lectures*
LIBRETTO: Chemist in a Coffee Shop — Marc Abrahams et al.
Harold Camping, Ig Nobel Prize Winning Mathematician, Explains His Mistake*>— Alice Shirrell Kaswell
Improbable Research Reviews*
May We Recommend: Do Women Spend More Time in the Restroom Than Men?* — Stephen Drew
Improbable Research Review* — Dirk Manley
Improbable Medical Review* — Bertha Vanatian
News & Notes
AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
AIR Books
Editorial Board
Back Issues
KIM CARTOON: “Empty Galleries” — Nick Kim
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania, accepts the Ig Nobel Peace Prize for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank. Photo: Mike Benveniste.
On the Back Cover
Performing chemist Daniel Rosenberg mucks with the optical properties of the contents of a glass globe. Photo: Biyeun Buczyk.