The Hobart Show
on the 2004 Ig™ Nobel Tour of Australia
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Faces in the crowd. |
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WHEN/WHERE: Friday August 20, 2004, University of Tasmania, Hobart
WHO: Marc Abrahams (organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and editor of the Annals of Improbable Research). This was half of a rock 'em, sock-em double bill. Part 2 was a mesmerizing talk by deep ocean explorer Sylvia Earle.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS: David Bartlett, MHA.
The University of Tasmania's GetSET report
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The University of Tasmania gets its first good look at (a photo of ) Ig Nobel Prize winner Captain Edward A. Murphy -- the Murphy of Murphy's Law. |
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Faces in the crowd. |
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Some of Hobart's lovely hilly neighborhoods, with Mount Wellington visible to the rear. |
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SPECIAL THANKS TO: Wayne Goninon and Jim Reid, and the apparently hundreds of outstanding organizers in the faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology at the University of Tasmania; and Paula Goninon. (And special thanks to the gentleman who lent Marc a tuxedo for his appearance at the Science Faculty dinner the next evening.)
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Faces in the crowd. |
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PHOTOS: Most of these photos were taken by Robin Abrahams.
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A Tasmanian devil snacks on a chunk of fresh rabbit. |
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SPONSORED BY: Curtin University, WA; University of Tasmania; and National Science Week. Special thanks to ASF, Ltd.
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Faces in the crowd. |
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An emu, who as events turned out, was unable to attend the Improbable Research show. |
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Marc Abrahams and Sylvia Earle, co-stars for this National Science Week double extravaganza. |
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Faces in the crowd. |
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Marc and David Bartlett attempt to judge the Nano-Lecture competition at the University of Tasmania's Science Faculty Dinner. (Photo: Wayne Goninon) |
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Marc Abrahams (third from left) the day after the show at the University of Tasmania. (Photo: Wayne Goninon) |
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The new British Ig book:
The first Ig book, now in paperback:
U.K. edition:
