Marc Abrahams
Creator of the Ig Nobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams writes about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
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Marc Abrahams writes about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. Marc founded Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1991, and serves as Master of Ceremonies. The prizes are handed out by genuine, bemused Nobel laureates in a gala event held every year at Harvard University, and broadcast on public radio.
He co-founded and edits the magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), hosts the Improbable Research weekly podcast (distributed by CBS), and wrote This is Improbable, The Ig Nobel Prizes, and other books. He edits and writes much of the web site and blog www.improbable.com, and the monthly newsletter mini-AIR. For thirteen years, he also wrote a newspaper column (called “Improbable Research”) for The Guardian.
The Washington Post called Marc “the nation’s guru of academic grunge.” The Journal of the American Medical Association called him “the Puck of Science.” He has been called many other things. The Guardian said Marc’s writing is “rationalism taken to intoxicating extremes”.
Marc is an improbably thrilling keynote speaker, drawing on his vast file of improbable research about everything that humans have devised, discovered, or desired. Every February, he hosts a special Improbable Research show at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Every March, he leads the Ig Nobel EuroTour, performing live shows in cities across Europe.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Fine Line Between Sound and Silly Science
The Taxonomy of Barney and the Future of Science Education
Sex, Drugs and Peanut Butter: Advances in Improbable Research
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Marc Abrahams: A science award that makes you laugh, then think
Laugh with Science Humorist Marc Abrahams!
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