Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 5, Issue 2, Mar/Apr 1999
Swimsuit issue
On the cover: Swimsuit sweetie Sandor Fekete makesthe most of his moment in the mud. For more models, peruse page 4.
Click on the cover to view a close-up.
Special Section: Improbable Swimsuit Sweeties of 1999
Shifty New Paradigms
- Extremalyze Über Alles K.R. Brownstein
- Good News for American Physicists Scott A. Sanford
- How to Read This Article Francis Raloff
Medical Breakthroughs
- AIRhead Medical Review* Bertha Vanatian
- HMO Noir News
- The Need for Double-Strength Placebos Frederic N. Firestone
News & Notes
- AIR Vents
- Spot-the-Typos Contest
- Nobel Thoughts: Kary Mullis Marc Abrahams
- Solution to Last Issueís Puzzler
- Ask Symmetra Scientist/Supermodel Symmetra
- Cafeteria Review: The Library of Congress, Washington, DC StephenDrew
- Bends on the Learning Curve Richard Lederer
- So They Say...* Suzi Savannarola
- Plausible Statistics Bertha Vanatian
- MORE Vents
AIRhead Research Roundup
- Plucked from Obscurity: Stiff Upper Lip* Marina Tsipis
- AIRhead Research Review* Dirk Manley
- Scientists Now Know* Ada Tussock
- May We Recommend?* Stephen Drew
- Project AIRhead 2000* Grigor Belfrey
- Lab Notes: On the Fly* Leonard X. Feingold
- Boys Will Be Boys* Katherine Lee
Cartoons & Poetry
- Hostile Elements Nick Kim
- Stereoisomer Song Ann Forinash Friend
- Gunga Tern Mike Dubik
- The Upper Endoscopy of Rudyard Kipling Robert Pascal
Miscellany
- Warning: AIR on Tour
- Unclassified Ads
- Loopy Lawsuit Update
- Teachers Guide
- AIR Stuff
- Ig Nobel Info


