“A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library.”
–-Frank H. Westheimer, chemistry professor
Stand-up Chemist
Natural History 1994;103(11):34 http://bit.ly/16LVasa
Scientists Locate Funny Bone: Brain's Right Frontal Lobe
Vancouver Sun 2003: http://bit.ly/10xgVv5
Effect of Humor on State Anxiety and Math Performance
Humor: International Journal of Humor Research 2012;25(1):59-74 : http://bit.ly/11XlQqe
No Creative Medical Science Without Humor
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2002;55(12):1214-7 : http://bit.ly/162e2kr
The Psychology of Humor: A Reference Guide and Annotated Bibliography
Want a complete overview of humor research? Try this ebrary book: http://bit.ly/12EaVNo
Sing a Song o’ Science
A round-up of scientists expressing themselves in song.
Drug Discovery Today January 15, 2004;9(2):57-58: http://bit.ly/15dBdLV
Humor in Science
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1996;140(3):338 – 349 : http://bit.ly/10xk7Xp
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names
A list compiled by Paul May of unusual molecular names, from Buckminster Fullerene and Dogcolarane to Rotundic Acid, Skatole and Spamole, with chemical formula and diagrams as well as structure files. Page four is a collection of general scientific (mostly naming) funnies.
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
* Warning: Using Library Resources might make you laugh!