Ig Nobel Awards Tour Show
Research that makes people LAUGH then THINKThursday 8th March, 6:00-7:30pm
University of Leeds
We are delighted to announce that the 2012 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK is coming to Leeds.
The Ig Nobel Prizes honour research that makes people laugh, then think. Every year since 1991, new winners have received their prizes at a gala ceremony at Harvard University, where genuinely bemused genuine Nobel laureates congratulate them.
This year Marc Abrahams (Ig Nobel organizer, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and Guardian columnist) is bringing a whole host of Ig Nobel Prize winners and other 'improbable' researchers to Leeds.
The show will feature a unique mix of Ig-winning scientists (and a few others who have done things just as stunning), who will explain what they did and why they did it, and answer your questions.
Featuring:
- Marc Abrahams, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, and Guardian columnist
- Claire Rind (Ig Nobel Prize winner—for measuring locust brain activity whilst watching Star Wars)
- David Gadian (Ig Nobel Prize winner—for measuring the difference between London taxi drivers’ brains and those of passengers)
- Charles Spence (Ig Nobel Prize winner—for electronically modifying the sound of carefully bitten potato crisps)
- Piers Barnes (Ig Nobel Prize winner—for the maths of taking photos in which no one is blinking)
- John Hoyland (New Scientist‘s Feedback editor, who will reveal the year’s best discoveries)
Find out more about the Ig Nobel Prizes here.
Entry to the show is strictly by ticket only - buy your tickets online here for just £5.50. Book early as places are limited.
Entry to the show is strictly by ticket only
Buy your tickets online here for just £5.50.
