The Magazine: Annals of Improbable Research
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The Annals of Improbable Research (also known as AIR) is the magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year. Read them in any of these forms, all with the same content:
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ISSN: 1079-5146 for the print edition, 1935-6862 for
the online edition.
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2010 (vol. 16) |
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2009 (vol. 15) |
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2008 (vol. 14) |
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2007 (vol. 13) |
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2006 (vol. 12) |
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2005 (vol. 11) |
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Earlier Issues
Here are the complete tables of contents—and a sampling of articles—from every earlier issue of the magazine.
2004 (vol. 10) |
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2003 (vol. 9) |
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2002 (vol. 8) |
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2001 (vol. 7) |
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2000 (vol. 6) |
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1999 (vol. 5) |
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1998 (vol. 4) |
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1997 (vol. 3) |
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1996 (vol. 2) |
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1995 (vol. 1) |
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Back issues: Recent issues are right here in digital form. Alternatively, you can purchase original, conceivably historic paper editions of many issues.