| Description |
xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
If you think academia is a prestigious place of serious, erudite professors, think again. Academia Obscura is a glimpse behind closed study doors -- welcome to the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of academia. Leave your tweed jacket by the door. Step inside the ivory tower and let Glen Wright guide you on a journey through the weird, wonderful and often bizarre history of academe, from the very earliest in-jokes of medieval scribes. Learn how one cat tricked some of the greatest minds into awarding it tenure, how Colonel Gaddafi co-authored a thesis and why some rats wear polyester trousers. This irreverent book filled with levitating frogs, defecating penguins and super-specific scientific research shows you the rather sillier side of scholarly life. Academics will never take themselves too seriously again. And neither will anyone else |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Miscellanea.
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Education, Higher -- Humor.
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Universities and colleges -- Miscellanea.
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Universities and colleges -- Humor.
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| Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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Humor.
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Miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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Humor.
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| ISBN |
9781783523412 |
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9781783523436 |
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