Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 7, Issue 6, Nov/Dec 2001
HOLY GRAIL Issue
On the cover: According to recent reports, the holy grail of physics, the holy grail of biology, and many other grails have now been sighted. See p.6.
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: The Holy Grail
- 6 Holy Grail Redux* -- Steve Nadis
- 4 The Theory of Gravy -- Len Fisher
- 13 The Double-Slit Garage Experiment -- R.R. Bukrey
- 14 Professor Lipscomb Makes Home-Brew Tea [a photo essay] -- Marc Abrahams
- 19 Are Humans Becoming More Intelligent? -- Roland Walz and Kristina Walz
- 28 The Second-Hand Effects of Bitching -- Murray J. Munro
- 11 AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian, M.D.
- 12 The HMO-NO Newsletter: Chronic Caring
AIRhead Research Roundup*
- 21 AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 18 May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 22 Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 23 Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell, G. Neil Martin, and Bissell Mango
- 24 Scientists Now Know...* -- Ada Tussock
Images, Poetry & Feline Reactions
- 25 Der Hecht / The Shark -- Christian Morgenstern / Jerry Lettvin
- 27 Predicting Hormonal Behavior 101 -- Nick Kim
- 29 Feline Reactions to Bearded Men: At the Alexander Lyceum -- Stampor Brand
News & Notes
- 2 AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 19 Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 26 Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 27 Ask Symmetra: The Speed of Love -- Scientist/supermodel Symmetra
- 10 English, German and Italian AIR and Time
- 24 AIR Teachers’ Guide
- 30 Stale AIR
- 30 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Info
- 31 The Space Child Returns!
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