The Warrington Show
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Faces
in the crowd. |
WHEN/WHERE: March 22, 2004, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Marc
Abrahams (organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and editor of the Annals
of Improbable Research).
IG NOBEL WINNER: Ig Nobel Prize-winner Pek Van Andel delivered
not just one, but TWO five-minute talk/demonstrations. Several audience
members valiantly and proficiently took actions to ensure that the five-minute
limit was adhered to. (See below for a brief
description of what Pek Van Andel did to win an Ig; for more detail, click
here.)
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Ig
winner Pek Van Andel shows a curious view of a bird. Visible at the
distance are some of the singers and musicians who , moments later,
performed the nano-opera "Atom and Eve." |
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: The event included a performance
of the Ig Nobel mini-opera "Atom
and Eve," starring singers Helen Watson, Matt Holker, Robbie Goulding
and pianist Rin Choi of the Manchester University
Gilbert and Sullivan Society.
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Faces
in the crowd. |
COMPETITIONS: There were two competitions (for details
click here):
Science
Limerick Contest (the winner received a free trip for two to
the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Harvard!).
Science-Barnet-of-the-Year
Competition (conducted in stylish cooperation with the Luxuriant
Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. The winner received a free makover
at a posh London Hair Salon!).
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Marc
Abrahams shows an image of 2003 Ig Nobel Engineering Prize co-winner
John Paul Stapp riding a rocket sled to fame. Stapp was one of the
people who helped give birth to Murphy's Law. |
ORGANIZERS: Anne Humphries and Paula Wallace
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Faces
in the crowd. |
PHOTOS: The photographs shown here were taken by Ig Nobel
winner Pek Van Andel and by Stephen Drew.
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Faces
in the crowd. |
SPONSORED BY: The Times Higher
Education Supplement and The British
Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Singers
Matt Holker and Helen Watson prepare to perform the nano-opera. |
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Faces
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2004 Ig Nobel U.K. / Ireland Tour Events
Thu 11th March, OXFORD: Martin
Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, OXFORD UNIVERSITY,
8:00 PM
Fri 12th March, NOTTINGHAM: John Clare Lecture Theatre
6, Clifton Campus, Clifton Lane (A453), NOTTINGHAM
TRENT UNIVERSITY, 7:00 PM
Sat 13th March, BELFAST: W5@Odyssey
2 Queen's Quay, 3:00 PM
Sun 14th March, DUBLIN: Royal
Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, 3:00 PM
Mon 15th March, GLASGOW: Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 232-242 St Vincent Street, 7:00
PM
Tue 16th March, EXETER: Parker Moot Room, Amory Building,
EXETER UNIVERSITY,
7:00 PM
Wed 17th March, MANCHESTER: Staff House Lounge, Refectory
Building, Burlington Street (off Oxford Road), UNIVERSITY
OF MANCHESTER, 7:30 PM
Thu 18th March, LONDON: Institute
of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, 6:30 PM
Mon 22nd March, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE: CCLRC
Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, nr Warrington, 7:00
PM
Winners on the Tour
Here are some of the Ig Nobel Prize winners who appeared at one or more
Tour events.
Charles Deeming (Biology Prize 2002), Courtship Behaviour
of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain
Chris Frith, (Medicine Prize, 2003), The Impressive Brains
of London Taxi Drivers
David Gadian (Medicine Prize, 2003), The Impressive Brains
of London Taxi Drivers
Andrey Geim (Physics Prize, 2000), Using Magnets to Levitate
a Frog
Harold Hillman (Peace Prize, 1997), The Possible Pain
Experienced During Execution by Different Methods
Chris McManus (Medicine Prize 2002), Scrotal Asymmetry
in Man and in Ancient Sculpture
Kees Moeliker (Biology Prize, 2003), The First Scientifically
Recorded Case of Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard Duck
Charles Paxton (Biology Prize 2002), Courtship Behaviour
of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain
Karl Schwärzler (Economics Prize, 2003), How to
Rent the Entire Country of Liechtenstein for Corporate Conventions, Weddings,
and Bar Mitzvahs
Pek Van Andel (Medicine Prize, 2000), Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal
For more details about any of them, see the list of all Ig
Nobel Prize Winners