Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze

“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 

Scientists Locate Funny Bone: Brain's Right Frontal Lobe 

National Post 1999

Effect of Humor on State Anxiety and Math Performance 

Humor: International Journal of Humor Research 2012;25(1):59-74

No Creative Medical Science Without Humor 

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2002;55(12):1214-7

The Psychology of Humor: A Reference Guide and Annotated Bibliography 

Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press; 2002

Sing a Song o’ Science 

Drug Discovery Today January 15, 2004;9(2):57-58

Humor in Science

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1996;140(3):338 - 349

Humor: Comic Chemistry

Science June 22, 2001: 292(5525):2223

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