The Best Of Annals Of Improbable Research (AIR)

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The Best Of Annals Of Improbable Research (AIR) - edited by Marc Abrahams

This book is a collection from Annals Of Improbable Research, a journal dedicated to humor in science. It contains real (but funny) articles from other sources, and made up articles written just for this journal. Among other things, we learn:

You should not use electric shock to treat rattlesnake bite. A man really did hook himself up to a car battery after being bitten by a rattlesnake, and nearly killed himself.
A scientist found the expression "Holy Grail" mentioned in 737 separate scientific articles.
How to melt cheese with a laser.
Peanut butter has no measurable effect on the rotation of the earth.
Apples and oranges can be compared, and are found to be quite similar.
Xrays show that Barney, who claims to be a dinosaur, is actually more closely related to humans.
A woodchuck can chuck 361.9237001 cubic centimeters of wood per day.
A doornail really is dead, by any number of clinical definitions.
How many people accidentally step on a gummy worm on a sidewalk.

It's funny stuff. Their WWW page is http://www.improb.com.

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