Steve Colgan, one of the stars of the Ig Nobel UK Tour events in London and Teddington, prepared his insider’s look at both events and at some of the preparatory meetings. Full details, with lots of good photos are in his blog. Here are a few bits of it: The other reason for me visiting […]
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Seeks London host for pre-Ig-Nobel-Tour event
UPDATE (February 28): A big thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions and offers! We are now firming up plans for this event, which will happen on Thursday night, March 10. We will post details soon on the Ig Nobel Tour of the UK page. ———————— We want to add a little pre-tour event […]
Tickets for the show in Dundee
Tickets are now available online for the Ig Nobel show Saturday, 13th March at the University of Dundee. This will be the first show on the 2010 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK (the 8th annual!) for National Science & Engineering Week.
Another look/talk with a swordsman
Reuters Television filmed an interview with 2007 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize co-winner Dan Meyer at Imperial College London as he was preparing for the Ig Nobel UK Tour show there last week (the video also includes brief glimpses of the show itself): Talk about a dangerous job – a professional sword swallower has co-authored a […]
Glimpses of the Ig UK tour
Here are four reviews by audience members at the just-concluded 2009 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK. Matt Brown: I attended the Ig Nobel roadshow at Imperial College last night, hosted by the awards’ straight-faced founder Marc Abrahams. Over two hours, ten prize-winners presented their improbable research to an audience of captivated grinagogs…. Best night […]