Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1999
Ig Nobel issue
On the cover: Scenes from the 8th First Annual Ig NobelPrize Ceremony. See full report beginning on page 4.
To view a close-up, click on the cover.
8th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
- Duct Tape Rampant at the 8th First Annual Ig —Larinda Woffert Habb & Smith Geeling
- The 1998 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
- Tribute: The Teen View of Duct Tape —Kate Eppers
- Tribute: Duct Tape Forever —Angelo Ritson
- Tribute: Duct Tape on Ducts? —Max Sherman
- Tribute: Duct Tape in Education Sister —Christine McGuirk
- Tribute: The Strength of Duct Tape
- Keynote Speech —Troy Hurtubise
- Safety Engineering Prize Acceptance Speech —Troy Hurtubise
- Tribute to Troy Hurtubise: Raw Power —Colin Gillen
- Tribute to Troy Hurtubise: Man and Bear —Dudley Herschbach
- Tribute to Troy Hurtubise: Materials Science —Robert Rose
- Tribute to Troy Hurtubise: Philosophy —Jerome Lettvin
- Special Announcement About Bear Suits —William J. Maloney
- Biology Prize Acceptance Speech —Peter Fong
- Tributes to the Chemistry Prize Winner —Dudley Herschbach and James (theAmazing) Randi
- Tribute to Emily Rosa —Richard Glass
- Keynote Speech —Emily Rosa
- Science Education Prize Acceptance Speech —Emily Rosa
- Statistics Prize Acceptance Speech —Jerald Bain
- Tributes to the Physics Prize Winner —Roy Glauber and Sheldon Glashow
- Economics Prize Acceptance Speech —Randall Seed
- Medicine Prize Acceptance Speech —Caroline Mills
- The 1998 Heisenberg Certainty Lectures
- Welcome, Welcome Speech —Miriam Bloom
- Goodbye, Goodbye Speech —Miriam Bloom
- LIBRETTO: La Forza Del Duct Tape —Don Kater & Marc Abrahams
- AIR Vents
- Spot-the-Typos Cintest
- HMO Noir News
- Ask Symmetra —Scientist/Supermodel Symmetra
- Solution to Last Issueís Puzzler
- Bends on the Learning Curve —Richard Lederer
- Plausible Statistics
- Colorful Authors (and One Colorless Author)* —Stephen Drew & AliceKaswell
- Traffic Lights: A Colorful Investigation —Schneir Levin
News & Notes
- Bends on the Learning Curve —Richard Lederer
- HMO Noir News
- Spot-the-Typos Super
- Solution to Last Issue's Puzzler
- Ask Symmetra —Scientist/Supermodel Symmetra
- Nobel Thoughts: Douglas Osheroff —Marc Abrahams
- AIRhead Research Review* —Dirk Manly
- May We Recommend?* —Stephen Drew
- End of the World —Nick Kim
- Warning: AIR on Tour
- Loopy Lawsuit Update
- Teachers’ Guide
- AIR Stuff
- Unclassified Ads