TIP: Ig Nobel Talks
Date
From: 29 June 2012 19:00
Till: 29 June 2012 21:30
Location:
Natural History Museum Rotterdam (Westzeedijk 345)
Description
Join founder and host of the Ig Nobel prize ceremony Marc Abrahams during the Ig Nobel Talks on Friday 29 June. Get in-depth look at the newest crop of Ig Nobel Prize winners, with a special appearances of Dutch Ig Nobel prize winners.
The Ig Nobel prizes, awarded annually at a ceremony at Harvard University, honour research that first make people laugh and then make them think. The awards celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative, and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology.
Join founder and host of the Ig Nobel prize ceremony Marc Abrahams, for an in-depth look at the newest crop of Ig Nobel Prize winners.
With special appearances of Dutch Ig Nobel prize winners:
Kees Moeliker (homosexual necrophilia in ducks)
Ilja van Beest (a rollercoaster ride cures asthma)
Bart Knols (malaria mosquitoes, Limburger cheese and smelly feet)
Pek van Andel (images of human copulation in an MRI-scanner)
See for more information:
Date: Friday 29 June 2012
Time: 19:30h, doors open at 19:00h
Location: Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Westzeedijk 345 (Museumpark)
Entrance: 5 euro at the door, including a beverage and peanuts afterwards
Reservations: please e-mail info@hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
VIPS: members (and would be members) of ‘The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists’ (LFHCfS ™) get in for free, and may take a bow to the audience.
Publication date: 19 June 2012
