Science Spoofs, Physics Pranks and Astronomical Antics
History and Philosophy of Physics
2021-05-28 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
Some scientists take themselves and their work very seriously. However, there are plenty of cases of humour being combined with science. Here I review some examples from the broad fields of physics and astronomy, particularly focusing on practical jokes and paper parodies. This is a mostly serious overview of a non-serious subject, but I'd like to claim that there is in fact some connection between humour and creativity in the physical sciences.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2103.17057,
title = {Science Spoofs, Physics Pranks and Astronomical Antics},
author = {Douglas Scott},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.17057},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Extended to 30 pages, no figures, but a lot of words