The special Mathematics issue (vol. 16, no. 4) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now online. The pleasing-paper version was mailed to subscribers a while ago. Click on the magazine cover (below) to download a free PDF, or buy a high-quality PDF. Or subscribe to the paper version. Mel (right) says it’s […]
Month: July 2010
Signs in London, part 2
Some business signs in London (of which more can be found in part 1), these from Ballou’s Monthly Magazine, June 1861: A stranger is surprised in London by some of the signs, which have been handed down for generations, which are used to distinguish particular places of business. Many of them are perfectly unmeaning, but […]
Proper opossum pedicure
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is North America’s only marsupial. Should you ever come across one that is homeless, orphaned or otherwise in need of help and could not be taken care of by a professional wildlife rehabilitation center, ME Pearl presents ‘The Practical Opossum Series’. Here is part 2, titled ‘Proper opossum pedicure’. Tomorrow: […]
Ig Nobel tickets go on pre-sale Sunday
Tickets for the Twentieth 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will go on pre-sale SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2010, at NOON, from the Harvard Box Office online (and later that week, from the ticket office at Holyoke Center in Harvard Square). We expect that this year’s tickets will get snapped up very quickly (for reasons that […]