Wednesday afternoon, the Ig Nobel EuroTour arrives in Catania, Sicily—featuring random promotion, roller-coaster-induced kidney-stone-passing, homosexual necrophiliac ducks, and all sorts of other prize-winning things that make people LAUGH, then THINK. April 3, Wednesday, 4:30 pm—University of Catania, Italy—at CSFNSM – Centro Siciliano di Fisica Nucleare e Struttura della Materia, via S. Sofia 64—Marc Abrahams will talk about […]
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New book (and show!) by the Ig Nobel randomness reseachers
The Italian researchers who analyzed how the Peter Principle plays out, and who as a side-effect of that were awarded an Ig Nobel Prize, have a new book about their experiences. The book is called Abbiamo vinto l’Ig Nobel con il principio di Peter [“We won the Ig Nobel with the Peter Principle”], by Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda […]