Today, December 22, 2011, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grote Reber [pictured here, as he was around 1937], who is credited with building the first big dish radio telescope. Bill Higgins writes: It has been 100 years since the birth of Grote Reber on 22 December 1911. He died nine years ago, but his […]
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TODAY: Ig Nobel “Science Friday” broadcast
In America, science has a great day-after-Thanksgiving tradition (we say immodestly): the special Ig Nobel Prize broadcast on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation — Science Friday program. This specially edited version of the year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be the first hour of the two-hour Science Friday program. In most—but not all!—cities this will be from 2:00-3:00 pm. (Some NPR […]
Ig Nobel on “Science Friday” this Friday
This Friday comes a once-a-year special treat on the National Public Radio program “Science Friday“. It’s the (19th!) annual day-after-Thanksgiving specially edited version of the year’s (the 20th!) Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. WHEN: Friday, November 26, 2010. It will be the first hour of the two-hour “Science Friday” program. In most—but not all!—cities this will […]