This Book Warps Space and Time Selections from the Journal of Irreproducible Results

Name: This Book Warps Space and Time Selections from the Journal of Irreproducible Results
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ISBN: 9780740777134

ISBN-10: 0740777130

ISBN-13: 9780740777134

Edition: 2008

Authors: Norman Sperling

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"The Journal of Irreproducible Resultsis the funniest thing to happen to science since Archimedes ran naked through the streets of Syracuse." --Discover Science humor magazineThe Journal of Irreproducible Resultshas targeted "hypocrisy, arrogance, and ostentatious sesquipedalian circumlocution" since 1955. JIReditor Norman Sperling presents humorous and quirky tidbits relating to science, math, academia, bureaucracy, and witty word play. More than 250 entries ponder and pun the practical and peculiar. Consider OSHA's definition of the word "exit" as compared to Merriam Webster's: OSHA states, "Exit is the portion of a means of egress which is separated from all other spaces of the building…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 10/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 6.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Norman Sperling has has been an assistant editor at Sky & Telescope magazine and served as the Science Editor of AltaVista.com. He co-designed Edmund Scientific's Astroscan telescope and wrote What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You. He edits The Journal of Irreproducible Results ( www.jir.com ) and teaches astronomy in universities around San Francisco, CA.