The University of Oxford's Mathematical Institute is proud to host the show "This is Improbable" starring the father of the Ig Nobel Prizes (Marc Abrahams) http://www.improbable.com/ig/ and a cast of colourful individuals from both inside and outside of the Mathematical Institute. This will be a chance for you to see some of your teachers and colleagues in a different, more comedic, setting than usual, and there will be other entertaining guests as well.
You can get tickets from the following website:
http://improboxford.eventbrite.com/
Father of the Ig Nobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams and scientists, researchers, and other colourful individuals explain research that will make you laugh and then think!! Why are books on ethics are more likely to get stolen? What time of month generates higher tips for Las Vegas lap dancers?
What's the best way to murder tree snakes in Guam? And what is the significance of Mr Buckley's exploding trousers? Along with more of the strangest and interesting research known to this pale blue dot.
Mason Porter - Mathematician and writer
Rita Carter - Science writer and broadcaster
Brian Clegg - Science author
Alain Goriely - Director of the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics
Thomas Woolley - Postdoctoral mathematics student
Steve Colgan - QI contributor and Ex-Met Police 'Ninja'
Mark Lynas - Author of SIX DEGREES
Faraz Alam - Biomedical researcher and student
Additional participants to be announced.
Marc Abrahams is editor and co-founder of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). Marc is the father and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The Prizes are handed out by genuine Nobel Laureates at a gala ceremony held each autumn at Harvard University and broadcast on National Public Radio and on the Internet.
He is the author of This Is Improbable and lives in Cambridge, Mass, USA.
Venue:
Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles
Oxford
OX1 3LB
5pm - 6.30pm
Friday, 5th October 2012
Please book tickets in advance online:
http://improboxford.eventbrite.com/
Adults: GBP 6.00
Concessions: GBP 3.00 (students, unemployed, senior citizens)
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