(JIR On-Line: Mini-Journal of Irreproducible Results; "Mini-JIR") From senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!jir Wed Nov 17 10:41:46 EST 1993 Article: 1365 of athena.misc Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!jir From: jir@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Abrahams) Newsgroups: athena.misc Subject: new (free!) science humor e-journal Date: 11 Nov 1993 18:34:37 GMT Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology Lines: 60 Distribution: athena Message-ID: <2bu0jt$nbc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: marinara.mit.edu ============================================================ Please forward this to anyone who might be interested and/or post it where appropriate. ============================================================ Announcing a new electronic journal: The Mini-Journal of Irreproducible Results ("Mini-JIR") The Official Electronic Mini-Organ of The Society for Basic Irreproducible Research Mini-JIR is produced jointly by The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR) and The MIT Museum. First issue: November, 1993 ISSN 1072-7159 Key words: science humor Ig Nobel -------------------------------------- Purpose of the Mini-Journal The Mini-Journal of Irreproducible Results publishes news about overly stimulating research and ideas. Specifically: A) Haphazardly selected superficial (but advanced!) abstracts of research news and satire from the Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR). JIR itself is a print journal, which since 1955 has been publishing irreproducible science humor from laboratories around the world and elsewhere. B) News about the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. Ig Nobel Prizes honor "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." A public ceremony is held at MIT, in Cambridge Massachusetts, every autumn. The ceremony is sponsored jointly by JIR and by the MIT Museum. The first issue of Mini-JIR contains a list of the 1993 Ig Nobel Prize winners. C) News about other science humor activities conducted by the MIT Museum and JIR. --------------------------- How to Subscribe The Mini-Journal of Irreproducible Results is an electronic publication, available over the Internet, free of charge. It is distributed as a LISTSERV application. We expect to publish 6-12 issues per year. To subscribe, send a brief E-mail message to either one of these addresses: LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU or LISTSERV@MITVMA The body of your message should contain ONLY the words "SUBSCRIBE MINI-JIR" followed by your name. Here are two examples: SUBSCRIBE MINI-JIR Irene Curie Joliet SUBSCRIBE MINI-JIR Nicholas Lobachevsky If you need to contact the editor, send E-mail to: jir@mit.edu -------- eof; .