The special Professor Lipscomb issue (vol. 17, no. 4) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now online. It’s got lots about heads and lots about Professor Lipscomb—Professor William Lipscomb, who was so central a part of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony and the Annals of Improbable Research for so many years, and who died recently at the age of 91—and much more.
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 swell.