[Nifster]

The Journal if Irreproducible Result....best journal ever

[sparklite2]

The Journal if Irreproducible Result....best journal ever

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Wow. It’s good to know someone besides me has heard of and enjoyed the JIRR. My favorite bit, IIRC, had to do with the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb.

Also, the future archaeologist’s deciphering of relics from our times.

[schurmann]

http://jir.com/

There are a few other tomes out there, that have taken on the academic-publishing culture and its pitfalls. In a humorous vein.

_A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown and other Essays for a Scientific Age_, Robert A Baker (ed). Prentice-Hall, 1963. ASIN: B000H5A3F0. (revised edition, 1982. ISBN-10: 0138526087; ISBN-13: 978-0138526085)

_The Weans_, Robert Nathan. Alfred A Knopf, 1960. ISBN-10: 0394451287; ISBN-13: 978-0394451282.