TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Glen
TI  - Academia obscura: the hidden silly side of higher education 
SN  - 9781783523412
AV  - LB2326 .W75 2017
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Miscellanea
KW  - Humor
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - fast
KW  - Trivia and miscellanea
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -