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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?

Marc Abrahams writes the "Improbable Research" column for the Guardian and is the author of This Is Improbable. He is editor of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are presented annually at Harvard. A monthly guest on NPR's nationally syndicated Science Friday, Abrahams and the Igs have been covered by the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Scientific American, and numerous other outlets. He and his wife, Robin, a columnist for the Boston Globe, live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He's on Twitter @MarcAbrahams.

Contents

Prologue, Between the Second and Fourth Digits

1. The Brain's Behind
2. High, Brainy Mindedness
3. Ears, Tongues, Noses and All That
4. Bones, Foreskins, Armpits, Slime
5. Thinking, on Your Feet and Fingers
6. Navel Gazing, Curious Consuming
7. Some Things Stick Out
8. What Comes after the Colon?
9. Stuff in the Air (and Elsewhere)
10. Soft Is Hard

Acknowledgments
Extra Citations
Illustration Credits

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