Upasana Sarraju’s new book called Unruly: The Ig Nobel Prizes and The Science That Refuses to Behave dives into, swims and surfs through a universe (our universe, in fact) full of unexpected science. Published by India Penguin [ISBN 9780143470403], the book’s official debut date is February 28, 2026. Here’s how Sarraju describes the book: After […]
Midlogphase reviews my book (the book came out a decade ago) This is Improbable. Midlogphase says: This is a book that you shouldn’t read really fast. This is not a sit down page turner book. This is a book you should read very very slowly. “This is “Improbable”. [These are] things that will make you […]
Farting Fish and 49 other weird and wonderful scientific discoveries, a new book about Ig Nobel Prize winners, will officially be published (ISBN 9780711298811) on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Author Alice Harman and illustrator Sam Wedelich gear it to juvenile readers. That includes at least a piece of everyone’s personality, does it not? Like the […]
The new children’s book Laugh and think! The Ig Nobel Prize Encyclopedia, by Kiyoshi Furusawa, will be published on December 26, 2024. It will be available on Amazon and elsewhere. The book is loaded with super-magnifico-excellento pictures and stories. Here is a sneak peek at one page (page 38): The book’s publisher, Holp Shuppan, describes […]