A book just published in Thailand is a translation (into Thai, from Japanese) of Ranai Kuga’s book (ISBN 978-4484082226) about the Ig Nobel Prizes. (We have heard of Kuga’s book, but have not actually seen a copy.) Here’s a rough machine-translation of a review of the newly published book (ISBN 9789744434371): Perhaps crazy idea to […]
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Grammar can be fun
Grammar Can Be Fun, a book written and drawn by Munro Leaf in 1934, is a treat for linguistics scholars and budding linguistics scholars. It is a recommended inappropriate book for kids. Here’s an image of one of its pages. Note that the title is correct. It specifies that grammar can be fun, but does […]
Maggots in the index
This image shows the index to June Preszler’s delightful children’s book Flesh-Eating Machines: Maggots in the Food Chain. (NOTE: You can see a few of the books fun images, on Google Books. One is reproduced here, below the index.)
New Book: “Geniuses Without Glory”
The manga about me and the Ig Nobel Prizes has just been published in book form. The publisher, Shueisha, chose to call it Geniuses Without Glory. (That’s the English translation of the title—the book itself is written in Japanese.) The manga is expanded from the version published as a two-parter (1, 2) in Young Jump […]