Farting Fish - Moé for Solarpunk Books

80 pages

English language

Published 2025 by Quarto Publishing Group UK.

ISBN:: 978-0-7112-9881-1

(1 review)

I'm sure you've heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The founder of the awards says: "The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology". In this brilliantly funny, fully illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including:

• the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and why that almost caused a world war!) • research into the chemical compounds responsible for smelly feet • a rigorous analysis of soggy breakfast cereal • an automatic dog-to-human language translation device • the invention of fart-proof underwear • a method of collecting whale snot using remote-control helicopters.

Each entry includes a Top Trumps-style …

I'm sure you've heard of the Nobel Prize, but have you heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? Every year, this prize celebrates unusual areas of research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. The founder of the awards says: "The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology". In this brilliantly funny, fully illustrated non-fiction book, we celebrate 50 of the funniest, silliest and most interesting winners of the Ig Nobel Prize, including:

• the discovery that herrings communicate by farting (and why that almost caused a world war!) • research into the chemical compounds responsible for smelly feet • a rigorous analysis of soggy breakfast cereal • an automatic dog-to-human language translation device • the invention of fart-proof underwear • a method of collecting whale snot using remote-control helicopters.

Each entry includes a Top Trumps-style card with ratings such as "silliness factor", "usefulness", "gross factor", and more. Kids and grown-ups alike will love sharing the amazing facts they've discovered.

3 editions

Soh Kam Yung reviewed Farting Fish by Alice Harman

A book full of entertaining, and occasionally gross, research

4 stars

A funny and thought-provoking book showcasing some of the winners of the Ig Nobel prize. The prize honours achievements that make you laugh and then, make you think. Many of the entries in this book should make you laugh, and then make you think about what was achieved.

The book is divided into sections, featuring entries involving animals, human biology, human behaviour and human mental processes. Each entry shows the question, what research was done to answer the question, and the results.

The entries are short, making the book an easy and entertaining read, and giving you lots of trivia which you can use to either gross out or fascinate your guests at parties.