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The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research
by Abrahams, Marc
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525949127
- ISBN 13
- 9780525949121
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First American Printing. September 2006. In addition, complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Has red and black boards with gold lettering along spine. Black remainder mark on bottom text block. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * Among the unlikeliness research: A Swiss-Japanese-Czech team noted the effects of chewing hum flavor on brain waves . . .Two brothers figured out how to insinuate pungent scratch-and -sniffable perfume into magazines . . . A Japanese device translated dog barks into human language . . .and many more.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000257
- Title
- The Ig Nobel Prizes 2: An All-New Collection of the World's Unlikeliest Research
- Author
- Abrahams, Marc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525949127
- ISBN 13
- 9780525949121
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Science -- Miscellanea, Research -- Miscellanea, Research
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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