Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 6, Issue 6, Nov/Dec 2000
ECCENTRICS Issue
On the cover: An eccentric photomicrograph (magnification 30,000 X) of pores in an eccentric sample of tungsten. Photographed by Dr. Werner Buerger of Weissenborn, Germany. Cover design by Peaco Todd. (To see the cover enlarged, click on the image.)
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.
Special Section: ECCENTRICS
- 4 Edward D. Cope, Heads Above the Rest, the First Electronic Publisher in Science* Earle E. Spamer
- 6 The Gentle Art of Political Taxidermy: Charles Waterton, Squire of Walton Hall* Sally Shelton
- 10 Chonosuke Okamura, Visionary* Earle E. Spamer
- 12 A Fundamentally Eccentric Premise* L.X. Finegold
- 14 Eccentric Research Recommendations* Stephen Drew
- 15 Frank "Bring 'Em Back Alive and Ready to Eat" Buckland* Sally Shelton
- 17 Decoding the British ack-SEN-triks Movement: A Phonemological Analysis* Harold P. Dowd
Medical Breakthroughs
- 20 AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 21 The HMO-NO News: Spiff Up Your Image!
AIRhead Research Roundup*
- 19 AIRhead Research Review* Dirk Manley
- 25 Boys Will Be Boys* Katherine Lee
- 27 Project AIRhead 2000* Grigor Belfrey
- 28 May We Recommend* Stephen Drew
- 29 Plucked From Obscurity: Man-Catching Tank* Marina Tsipis
- 30 Scientists Now Know...* Ada Tussock
News & Notes
- 2 AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 3 Spot the Typos Contest
- 24 Solution to Last Issue's Puzzler
- 26 Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 27 Please Send Us: Flushability Testing Protocol
- 31 Ask Symmetra: Unbearably Stacked Scientist/supermodel Symmetra
Cartoons &Feline Reactions
- 13 Oh, the Humanities! Nick Kim
- 22 Fame's Penny-Trumpet Lewis Carroll
- 24Feline Reactions: The Bertillon System Stampor Brand
- 26 Is This Love?*-- Lloyd Fricker
Miscellany
- 9 English, German and Italian AIR and Time
- 14 Ig Info
- 18 Teachers’ Guide
- 31 Stale AIR
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