Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 8, Issue 5, Sept/Oct 2002
SMELLY Issue
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On the front cover: A young researcher inserts a probe into an object of interest in front of the British Museum in London. Photo: S. Drew. (To see the front cover enlarged, click on the image.)
On the back cover: A young researcher celebrates an experimental discovery in front of the British Museum in London. Photo: S. Drew. (To see the back cover enlarged, click on the image.)
Cover design by Peaco Todd.
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: SMELLY RESEARCH
- 4 -- Research to Sniff At* -- Benton Broak
- 5 -- Putrescine Scratch ‘N Sniff -- Lilly Duval
- 6 --Feldman’s Learning Theory -- Jeff Silverstein
- 8 -- Body of Work: Mel Rosenberg’s Bad Breath* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Stephen Drew
Shifty New Paradigms
- 18 -- The Mystery of the Yellow Cake* -- Ernest Ersatz
- 20 -- CORRECTION: Craps With a Complete Conclusion
- 22 -- The Lighter Side of a Life in Science* (first of two parts) -- Duncan C. Blanchard
Medical Breakthroughs
- 10 -- HMO-NO News: Like-Treats-Like!
- 14 -- Dante’s Hair, Buddha’s Teeth, and Tutankhamun’s Breasts: Intimate Celebrity Gleanings From the Medical Literature* -- Christopher D. McManus
AIRhead Research Roundup*
- 21 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 27 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 31 -- Scientists Now Know...* -- Ada Tussock
Images & Poetry
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 3 -- Plausible Statistics
- 10 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 20 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 30 -- Ask Symmetra: How to Say? (Cheese) -- scientist/supermodel Symmetra
Miscellany
- 18, 29 -- AIR Books
- 29 -- Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Info
- 30 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 31 -- Stale AIR
- Inside back cover -- Unclassified Ads