The Belfast Show
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Faces
in the crowd. |
WHEN/WHERE: March 13, 2004, W5 (the spiffy new museum,
located at Queen's Quay)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Marc
Abrahams (organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and editor of the Annals
of Improbable Research).
IG NOBEL WINNERS: Several Ig Nobel Prize-winners
gave five-minute talks/demonstrations and took questions. Among them: Pek
Van Andel and Kees Moeliker. (See below for
a brief description of what each did to win an Ig; for more detail, click
here.)
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Singer
Judith McQuillan and pianist Heather McMordie perform the nano-opera. |
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: The event included a performance
of th e Ig Nobel mini-opera"Atom
and Eve," starring singer Judith McQuillan and pianist Heather
McMordie.
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Ig
winner Pek Van Andel explains his discovery to the good citizens of
Belfast. |
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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Before
the show Pek Van Andel explores the city of Belfast. |
ORGANIZERS: Judith Harvey, Anke Jongen
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Pek
Van Andel continues his explorations. |
PHOTOS: The photographs shown here were taken by Ig Nobel
winner Kees Moeliker
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The
W5 building features an incomparable view of the shipyard where the
Titanic was built. |
SPONSORED BY: The Times Higher
Education Supplement and The British
Association for the Advancement of Science.
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
