Here’s a look back at the Ig Nobel show at the University of Manchester, two years ago. Usually when we do events in the UK, they are in the springtime, part of the annual Ig Nobel EuroTour. This was a special show in late autumn, 2017.
This was in Lecture Theatre B, University Place, on Oxford Road — featuring:
- Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
- Elizabeth Oberzaucher (Ig Nobel Prize winner—biological likelihood that the emperor of Morocco fathered 800 sons)
- Tom Williamson (creator of the web site WisdomofChopra, which contributed to the Ig Nobel Prize winning study “On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit“)
- Andre Geim (Ig Nobel Prize winner —using magnets to levitate a frog)
- Kees Moeliker (Ig Nobel Prize winner—homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck).
The event was free of charge, and included refreshments and a drinks reception. Paper airplanes were not discouraged. Special thanks to Dame Nancy Rothwell for making this evening happen.
