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Annals of Improbable Research

Table of Contents for Volume 9, Issue 3

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Everything Issue

Special EVERYTHING Issue*Special EVERYTHING Issue

On the front cover:  Plaster copy of Michelangelo’s statue of David, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. March 2003. Photo: S. Drew. (To see the front cover enlarged, click on the image.)

On the back cover:  Plaster fig leaf in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This item was made specially for Queen Victoria’s visits to the museum — prior to her arrival, it was affixed to an appropriate spot on the front of the plaster copy of Michelangelo’s statue of David. The leaf now hangs on the back of the statue, accompanied by a sign that explains its history. According to the museum, the fig leaf is likely to have been made by the Anglo-Italian firm D. Brucciani & Company. 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: EVERYTHING

Medical Breakthroughs

AIRhead Research Roundup*

Cartoons, Poetry, Images, and Opera

News & Notes

Miscellany