This is Improbable Too

This is Improbable Too
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781780743622
ISBN-13 : 1780743629
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Book Synopsis This is Improbable Too by : Marc Abrahams

Download or read book This is Improbable Too written by Marc Abrahams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind behind the infamous Ig Nobel Prizes presents an addictive collection of improbable research all about us – and you Marc Abrahams collects the odd, the imaginative and the brilliantly improbable. Here he turns to research on the ins and outs of the very improbable evolutionary innovation that is the human body (brain included): • What’s the best way to get a monkey to floss regularly? • How much dandruff do Pakistani soldiers have? • If you add an extra henchman to your bank-robbing gang, how much more money will you 'earn'? • How many dimples will be found on the cheeks of 28,282 Greek children? • Who is the Einstein of pork carcasses?


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