Annals of Improbable Research
Table of Contents for Volume 9, Issue 1
Ig Nobel issue
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On the front cover: Ig Nobel Biology Prize co-winner Charles Paxton delivers his acceptance speech. Minordomo Naomi Stephen grooms him with a feather duster. Paxton co-authored the research report "Courtship Behaviour of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain." Photo: Ruby Arguilla/Harvard University News Office. (To see the front cover enlarged, click on the image.)
On the back cover: An inappropriately highlighted page from the Ig Nobel Literature Prize-winning paper “The Effects of Pre-Existing Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension.” (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: ART & SCIENCE
- 4 -- The Twelfth 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony* [click here to SEE video of the ceremony, and click here to HEAR highlights on the Science Friday edited radio broadcast!]
- 7 -- The 2002 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
- 8 -- The Acceptance Speeches*
- 14 -- Libretto: The Jargon Opera
- 18 -- Upcoming [March 7-13, 2003] Ig Tour of the UK [click here to see highlights of the tour]
- 20 -- The 24/7 Seminars
Medical Breakthroughs
- 24 -- HMO-NO News: Say “No” to Germs
- 25 -- AIRhead Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 26 -- The Further Adventures of Dr. Death* -- Otto Didact
Shifty New Paradigms
- 27 -- The Creationist Algorithm -- Stephen Marsland
AIRhead Research Roundup*
- 28 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 31 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
Cartoons
- 26 -- Understanding Food -- Nick Kim
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers), Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
- 29 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
Miscellany
- 3 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 25 -- AIR Books
- 29 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
- 30 -- Stale AIR
- Inside back cover -- Unclassified Ads