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				[Last updated: March 29, 1993]

The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR)
is coming to town!

	"A sort of MAD Magazine for the Stephen Hawking Crowd"
		-- Boston Globe
	"Our favorite magazine" -- New Scientist
	"The funniest magazine we know" -- Toronto Globe and Mail

!!!!! Calling all scientists (frocked and defrocked), doctors, students
(of any age, inclination and capacity), teachers (of any capacity,
inclination, and age), writers, engineers, convicted felons, Ig Nobel
laureates, economists, and other devotees and practitioners of science
humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JIR's editor and co-conspirators are barnstorming the U.S.,
doing readings/seminars/slide shows from the new JIR book,
"Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (and further improbabilities),"
and gathering nominations for this year's Ig Nobel Prizes.

WHAT
The tour features readings/seminars/slide shows of:
	<> Classic works from The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR),
	   the world's oldest, largest, best known science humor journal.
	<> Highlights from the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies, mounted annually
	   by JIR and The MIT Museum to honor "achievements that cannot
	   or should not be reproduced."
	<> Current irreproducible research from local scientists.

APRIL EVENTS
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	*  This is a partial list.
	*  For the most up-to-date schedule
	*  please send a polite e-mail message to:     BOURBAKI@NEU.EDU
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Thursday, Mar 31, 3:00	U CHICAGO
				Kersten Physics Teach Center (KPTC) 102
Friday, Apr 1, 3:00	NORTHERN ILLINOIS U, Dekalb
				Physics Dept.
Sat., Apr. 2, 7:00 	SCI-FI MINI-CON, Bloomington, MN
				Radisson South Hotel
Wed., Apr. 6, noon	BROOKHAVEN NAT'L LAB, Upton NY
				Berkner Auditorium
Thurs., Apr. 7, 1:00	LEGENT CORP, Jersey City, NJ
Thurs., Apr. 7, 4:00	COLUMBIA PRSBYTERIAN MEDICAL CTR, NYC
				Hammer Health Sciences Center, room 401
Thurs., Apr. 7, 7:00	NEW YORK MENSA, NYC
				Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Club
				37th and Lexington
	** special guest host: MARILYN VOS SAVANT
Fri., Apr. 8, 6:00 	CORNELL UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER, NYC
				1300 York Ave. at 69th St., room A 106
Sat., Apr 9, 2:00	BRYN MAWR
				Park Science Center, room 243
Sun., Apr. 10, 2:00	FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, Philadelphia
				20th and The Parkway
				Musser Choices Forum
Mon., Apr. 11, 10:00	ARMY RESEARCH FORUM, Washington, DC
Mon., Apr. 11, noon	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, DC
				EPA Auditorium, EPA Education Center
				401 M Street, SW
Tues., Apr. 12, noon	CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
				Washington, DC
Tues., Apr. 12, TBA	NIH ANIMAL CENTER
Wed., Apr. 13, noon	LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, DC
Wed., Apr. 13, 6:00	MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Fredricksburg, VA
Thurs., Apr. 14, 12:30	NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD
				Masur Auditorium
Thurs. Apr. 14, 6:00	HORN POINT ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, Cambridge, MD
Fri., Apr. 15, 7:00	MEMPHIS STATE U
				Psychology Auditorium
Sat., Apr. 16, TBA	TECHNICON SCI-FI CONVENTION,
				VIRGINIA TECH, Blacksburg, Virginia
Mon., Apr. 18, TBA	CEBAF NATIONAL LAB, Newport News, VA
Thurs., Apr. 21, TBA	OHIO STATE U, Columbus

[Some previous stops on the tour: POWELL'S TECHNICAL BOOKS, Portland,
OR; UNIV. OF PORTLAND; MICROSOFT, Redmond, WA; UNIV. of WASHINGTON,
Seattle; UC BERKELEY; 3DO, Redwood City, CA; "WEST COAST LIVE" (NPR)]

::::: THE SECOND LEG: invite us to your place!!
The second leg of the tour is being organized right now.
If you would like to be a host/instigator for an Irreproducible Science
Event for 50 or more people at your city, university, hospital, research
center, high school, book store, etc., ASAP please contact:
	Lisa Bernstein, Workman Publishing, 708 Broadway, NY, NY 10013
	(212) 614-7505		FAX:(212) 254-8098
	itlhappen@aol.com

::::: CALLING ALL JIR AUTHORS!!
If you are a JIR author and/or if you want to read, shout, or otherwise
present your irreproducible research results at one of these events,
please contact Marc Abrahams (jir@mit.edu) as soon as possible.

DRESS
Lab coats are suggested, but by no means required. Heckling is encouraged.