Alex Heminsley (Aug 05):

And surely the reason that cheap paperbacks go wavy on place is because the
air is artificially hydrated and oxygenated, and cheap paper is so porous that
effectively it's the same thing as dropping it in the bath, but to a lesser
degree? This is science based on watching Lost so I may not be ready for my
Nobel prize yet, but that kind of makes sense doesn't it?