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WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. 10 prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. WHY: The 'Igs' are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative and shine a spotlight onto the weird corners of laboratories around the world. PAST WINNERS: Peter Fong's experiment in which he fed Prozac to clams on the basis that if they chilled out more they'd taste better. Harold Hillman's report on 'The Possible Pain Experienced during Execution by Different Methods'...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #137350 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

THE GUARDIAN
'Without Marc Abrahams, science would be a duller place.'

From the Author
The most difficult thing about organizing the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony all these years has been getting people to realize that the winners -- and their achievements -- are real. Want some evidence of how difficult it can be for people to accept reality as reality? AMAZON.CO.UK PERSISTS IN CLASSIFYING THE BOOK AS "FICTION."

-Marc Abrahams, September 4, 2002

About the Author
Marc Abrahams is a Harvard mathematician and is the editor of 'The Annals of Improbable Research'. He founded the Ig Nobel Prizes in 1991, and it now receives worldwide coverage. He has a weekly column in the Guardian.

Customer Reviews

Very Witty
It made me laugh. I have to say it is one of the very few Humour books that I lay my eyes on. A great read on one of those blue days.