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The mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR")
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Issue Number 1994-01
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May, 1994
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ISSN 1076-500X
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Key words:science humor,Improbable Research,Ig Nobel
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The mini-journal of inflated research and personalities.
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Published by The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) and The MIT Museum
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1994-01-01 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1994-01-01 Table of Contents
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1994-01-02 BIG NEWS: The Revolt of the Mad Scientists
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1994-01-03 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about The Revolt
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1994-01-04 Low Probability of Any Further Abductions by Aliens
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1994-01-05 Student Science Writing Skills Documented
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1994-01-06 May We Recommend...
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1994-01-07 Upcoming Events
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1994-01-08 Barnstorming Tour: This means YOU!
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1994-01-09 Calls for Papers
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1994-01-10 Purpose of mini-AIR (*)
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1994-01-11 How to Submit Articles (*)
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1994-01-12 How to Subscribe / How to Get Back Issues (*)
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1994-01-13 Please DO make copies! (*)
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Items marked (*) are reprinted in every issue.
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The Annals of Improbable Research is IN NO WAY associated
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with the name "The Journal of Irreproducible Results"
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or with the publisher of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results"
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1994-01-02 BIG NEWS: The Revolt of the Mad Scientists
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The entire editorial staff of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results,"
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fed up after years of fighting red tape, has resigned to start a new
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science humor magazine. The new magazine will be called The Annals of
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Improbable Research (AIR).
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AIR will be editored by Marc Abrahams, the father of the annual Ig Nobel
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Prize Ceremony, who edited "The Journal of Irreproducible Results " from
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1990-1994. The new magazine's name was chosen by Alexander Kohn, the Tel
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Aviv University virologist who founded "The Journal of Irreproducible
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Results" in 1955 and edited the journal until 1989.
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All of the former "Irreproducible Results" columnists and editors haved
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migrated to the new publication, as have more than 40 editorial board
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members -- scientists, doctors, Nobel laureates (such as Dudley
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Herschbach, Linus Pauling, Sheldon Glashow, William Lipscomb, Mel
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Schwartz, Sir John Kendrew, and Jerome Friedman) and other mischievous
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researchers.
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The first print issue of AIR will appear later this year.
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This miniature electronic version, the mini-Annals of Improbable
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Research ("mini-AIR"), is available FREE on the Internet beginning with
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this issue.
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The Ig Nobel Ceremony, now in its fourth year, honors people whose
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achievements cannot or should not be reproduced. Beginning with this
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year's ceremony on October 6, the Ig Nobels will be produced jointly by
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The MIT Museum and The Annals of Improbable Research.
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1994-01-03 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about The Revolt
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1. Is there a connection between The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
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and "The Journal of Irreproducible Results?"
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A. No! AIR is IN NO WAY associated with the name "The Journal of
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Irreproducible Results" or with the publisher of "The Journal of
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Irreproducible Results."
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2. How can I help?
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A. Help spread the word. Gather the horses, mount up the forces,fire up
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the presses, gear up the fax machine, e-mail your loved ones, plaster
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the walls and stalls, and help us get the news to everyone who might be
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interested. Many of those who most need to know are not connected to the
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Internet -- especially please tell them the news.
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3. I have been receiving (free!) mini-JIR over the Internet. Will I
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receive the new publication automatically?
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A. Yes. If you were included on the old list, you are now automatically
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included on the mini-AIR distribution list. You don't need to do
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anything at all.
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4. If I have a subscription to the print version of "The Journal of
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Irreproducible Results," what will happen to that subscription?
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A. That is not for us to say. We can only suggest that you contact the
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publisher of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results." AIR is IN NO WAY
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associated with the name "The Journal of Irreproducible Results" or with
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the publisher of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results."
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5. How can I subscribe to the indispensible print version of this
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wonderfully AIRy new publication?
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A. We will be announcing details soon. To get details the moment (more
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or less) they are ready, send a SASE to: The Annals of Improbable
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Research (AIR), c/o The MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge,
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MA 02139 USA
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6. How should gopher owners, librarians, etc, deal with all this?
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A. Please refer questions about how to handle the new title in your
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gopher, bbs, ftp site, etc. to our Technical Brains, Marilyn Geller
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(mgeller@mit.edu), who is always cleaning up after the editor.
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7. I want to get involved with writing, publishing, advertising or some
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other aspect of AIR. How do I do it?
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A. Get in touch with the editor, Marc Abrahams (air@mit.edu) or send
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mail to: The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), c/o The MIT Museum,
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265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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(617) 491-4437 fax: (617)661-6855)
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8. Do you promise that there will be a minimum of puns involving the
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nickname "AIR"?
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A. No.
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1994-01-04 Low Probability of Any Further Abductions by Aliens
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by Leonard X. Finegold
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Physics Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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You may well be worried about being Abducted by Aliens; Jacobs (in
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"Secret Life- Firsthand Accounts of UFO Abductions"[1]) reports detailed
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hypnotism-induced regression interviews (in which subjects recall their
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past) by people who claim to have been abducted by Aliens[2] into UFO's
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(Unidentified Flying Objects). You recall that D. Jacobs and his
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colleage J. Mack received an Ig Nobel Prize for this work. A numerical
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analysis, of birthdates of people who have been Abducted by Aliens,
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shows that people born after 1970 are not abducted. Hence one may safely
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assume that the probability of further Alien Abductions is very low,
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perhaps even zero.
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[The complete paper, with full details of avoiding Abductions, will
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appear in a print issue of The Annals of Improbable Research].
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Number of Abductees
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per half-decade
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13 x
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7 x x
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1920 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
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Notes
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[1] Jacobs, D.M., "Secret Life - Firsthand Accounts of UFO Abductions,"
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Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992.
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The thesis of the book is that the Aliens temporarily abduct the
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Abductees into UFO's to use them in sexual reproductive processes. The
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book features an inroduction by John Mack.
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[2] It should be stressed that "Aliens" means not simply "un-American",
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but "un-Earthly." Well-documented abductions by aliens from other
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countries are therefore excluded from this discussion.
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1994-01-05 Student Science Writing Skills Documented
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by Rebecca German
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Biology Department, University of Cincinnati
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A non-biology majors course in Introductory Biology was given this
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assignment:
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Prepare a one page summary of Stephen Jay Gould's essay about
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the evolution of the Panda's Thumb, published by W.W. Norton.
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On the assignment sheet, the author and publisher's names were displayed
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in large print, courtesy of Kinko's Campus Copying. The instructions
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including the following details:
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Your opening sentence should summarize the author's central idea.
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Do not start this sentence with "The main idea is...."; rather use
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something like "Darwin maintains that survival of the fittest is the
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basis of natural selection".
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Results of three sections, totaling 426 students:
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68.1% started their essays with the sentence "Gould maintains that..."
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9.2% started their essays with the sentence "Darwin maintains that..."
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0.2% started their essay with the sentence "W.W. Norton maintains..."
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1994-01-06 May We Recommend...
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Research reports that merit a trip to the library:
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"Injuries due to Falling Coconuts," by Peter Barss, "The Journal of
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Trauma," vol. 24, no. 11, 1984, pp. 990-991. The abstract reads in part:
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"A 4-year review of trauma admissions to the Provincial Hospital,
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Alotau, Milne Bay Province, reveals that 2.5% of such admissions were
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due to being struck by falling coconuts. Since mature coconut palms may
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have a height of 24 up to 35 meters and an unhusked coconut may weigh 1
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to 4 kg, blows to the head of a force exceeding 1 metric ton are
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possible." (Thanks to James Barone for this to our attention.)
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"Do Men Lie on Fear Surveys?" by K. A. Pierce and D. R. Kirkpatrick,
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"Behavioral Research and Therapy," vol. 30, no. 4, July, 1992, pp. 415-
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418. The authors conclude that the answer to this question is yes.
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1994-01-07 Upcoming Events
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::::: ABC-TV WORLD NEWS NOW Late Sun/Early Mon., May 29/30
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Scheduled appearance on the late night/early morning tv news program.
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::::: BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH Thurs., June 23, 6:30
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Slide show/seminar/heckling. For info call (617) 566-6660
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::::: INTERTEL CONFERENCE Tues., July 5
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Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA. For info call (718) 275-2653
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::::: "CRAZY AFTER CALCULUS"
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An ongoing exhibition of extraordinary humor at MIT from prehistoric
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times through the presen. [NOTE: The police car that recently
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materialized atop MIT's Great Dome is now in storage at The MIT Museum.]
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The MIT Museum
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265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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(617) 253-4422 (ktl@mitvma.mit.edu)
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::::: 1994 IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY Thurs., October 6
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Kresge Auditorium,MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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You are cordially invited to attend.
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::::: INTERSOCIETY POLYMER SOCIETY Mon., October 10
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Stouffer Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, MD
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For info call (518) 387-7942
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1994-01-08 Barnstorming Tour: This means YOU!
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In honor (?) of the new book, "Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble,"
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(see section 1994-01-10 below) the books's editor and many of its other
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authors are barnstorming North America, doing readings/slide shows and
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presenting current trends in improbable research.
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Stops on this first leg of the tour included:
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POWELL'S TECHNICAL BOOKS, Portland, OR;
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UNIV. OF PORTLAND; MICROSOFT, Redmond, WA; UNIV. of WASHINGTON,
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Seattle; UC BERKELEY; 3DO, Redwood City, CA;
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"WEST COAST LIVE" (NPR); U CHICAGO; NORTHERN ILLINOIS U;
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SCI-FI MINICON, Bloomington, MN; BROOKHAVEN NAT'L LAB;
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COLUMBIA PRSBYTERIAN MEDICAL CTR; NEW YORK MENSA CLUB;
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CORNELL U. MEDICAL CENTER; BRYN MAWR COLLEGE; FRANKLIN INSTITUTE,
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Philadelphia; ARMY RESEARCH FORUM, Alexandria, VA;
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, DC;
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CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, Washington, DC;
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, DC; MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE,
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Fredricksburg, VA; NAVY RESEARCH LAB, Washington DC;
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD; HORN POINT
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, Cambridge, MD; TECHNICON SCI-FI CONVENTION,
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VIRGINIA TECH, Blacksburg, VA; CEBAF NATIONAL LAB; U CINCINATTI;
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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Cincinatti, OH; OHIO STATE U;
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CORNELL UNIVERSITY; MIT ALUMNI CLUB of NEW HAMPSHIRE
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::::: THE NEXT LEGS: Invite us to your place!!
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The next legs of the tour are being organized right now. There will be
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three parts:
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<> This summer in New York City
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<> This summer in Washington, DC
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<> Late summer/early autumn across the U.S.
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If you would like to be a host/instigator for an Improbable Science
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Event for 50 or more people at your city, university, hospital, research
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center, high school, book store, etc., ASAP please contact:
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Lisa Bernstein, Workman Publishing, 708 Broadway, NY, NY 10013
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(212) 614-7505 FAX:(212) 254-8098
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itlhappen@aol.com
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1994-01-09 Calls for Papers
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CALL FOR DATA for AIR's "Project Um."
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Project Um is an ongoing, comprehensive, international survey of how
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often university and high school lecturers use the word "um."
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We are accepting data ONLY for lectures that are of standard academic
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drone length (50-60 minutes). If your data concern several different
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lectures, please list the data separately for each lecture.
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Data should be submitted concisely in the following format:
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Name and city of institution
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Name of lecturer
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General subject of the lecture (e.g., physics, history, art, etc.)
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Number of times the lecturer spoke the word "um."
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the 1994 Ig Nobel Prizes. Ig Nobel Prizes are
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awarded for achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced.
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Nominations may be submitted, anonymously or otherwise, by e-mail to:
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ig@mit.edu
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Alternatively, they may be send by mail to the AIR address given
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elsewhere in this document.
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1994-01-10 Purpose of mini-AIR (*)
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The mini-Annals of Improbable Research (mini-AIR) publishes news about
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improbable research and ideas. Specifically:
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A) Haphazardly selected superficial (but advanced!) extracts of research
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news and satire from the Journal of Improbable Research (AIR).
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B) News about the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Ig Nobel Prizes honor
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"achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." A public
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ceremony is held at MIT, in Cambridge Massachusetts, every October. The
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ceremony is sponsored jointly by The MIT Museum and AIR.
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C) News about other science humor activities intentional and otherwise.
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1994-01-11 How to Submit Articles (*)
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AIR publishes original articles, data, effluvia and news of improbable
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scientific research. The material is intended to be humorous and/or
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educational, and sometimes is. We look forward to receiving your
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manuscripts, photographs, X-rays, drawings, etc. Please do not send
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biological samples. Photos should be black & white if possible.
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Articles are typically 500-2000 words in length. (Articles exclusively
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for mini-AIR should be much shorter.) Please send two neatly printed
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copies. Alternatively, you may submit via e-mail, in ASCII format.
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Because of the volume of submissions, we are unable to acknowledge
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receipt of manuscripts unless they are accompanied by a SELF-ADDRESSED,
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ADEQUATELY STAMPED ENVELOPE.
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The mini-Annals of Improbable Research (mini-AIR)
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Editor: Marc Abrahams (air@mit.edu)
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Technical Brains: Marilyn Geller (mgeller@mit.edu)
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