I’m sure you’ve heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The founder of the awards says: “The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people’s interest in science, medicine and technology”. In this brilliantly funny, fully illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including: • the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and…mehr
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The founder of the awards says: “The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people’s interest in science, medicine and technology”. In this brilliantly funny, fully illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including: • the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and why that almost caused a world war!) • research into the chemical compounds responsible for smelly feet • a rigorous analysis of soggy breakfast cereal • an automatic dog-to-human language translation device • the invention of fart-proof underwear • a method of collecting whale snot using remote-control helicopters. Each entry includes a Top Trumps-style card with ratings such as “silliness factor”, “usefulness”, “gross factor”, and more. Kids and grown-ups alike will love sharing the amazing facts they’ve discovered.
Alice Harman is an experienced writer and editor, specializing in children's books. She has worked on several very popular and award-winning books and loves diving into all sorts of subjects, from art and science to history and global issues. Sam Wedelich is an author, illustrator, speaker, and cartoonist based in Nyack, NY.
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6..... Introduction 7..... Paper plane game 8..... Finding answers Animal Antics 10..... Farting fish 12..... Ear mite experiments 13..... Bear-proof armor 14..... Reindeer reactions 15..... Collecting whale snot 16. ... . Dog vs cat fleas 17..... Canine translator 18. .... Dung beetles and the Milky Way 20..... Arty pigeons 21 ... .. Cat-proof keyboards 22..... Ducklings swim in a line 23.. ... Wombat poop cubes 24..... Levitating frogs 26..... Quiz time! Odd Bob 28..... Cheesy feet and mosquitoes 30.. ... Stinky feet awareness 31..... Fart-proof underpants 32..... Anti-gas giant 3 4.. ... Old men’s big ears 35..... Teenage nose picking 36..... Green hair mystery 37..... Wet underwear 38..... Diaper-changing machine 39..... Genius toilet 40..... Hula hooping 41..... Belly button fluff 42..... Quiz time! All in Good Taste 44..... Cookie dunking 46.... . Yummy-sounding food 47..... Chewing-gum bacteria 48..... Luwak poop coffee 49..... Cows with names 50..... Licking rocks 52..... Swimming in syrup 53..... Snapping spaghetti 54..... Soggy cereal 55..... Tumbling toast 56..... Five-second rule 57..... Slipping on a banana peel 58..... Quiz time! Do You Mind? 60..... The invisible gorilla 62..... Sound rage 63..... Itch-scratching pleasure 64..... Needlessly long words 65..... The power of "huh? " 66..... Mirror itches 68..... Shrinking the Eiffel Tower 69..... Looking through your legs 70..... Telling twins apart 71..... Look up! 72..... Annoying alarm clock 73..... Word-repeating weirdness 74..... Puzzle-solving slime molds 76..... Quiz time! 77..... Conclusion 78..... Glossary 80..... Answers
