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SF-Lovers Convention List Info: Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, c/o 4 University Hall, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA 02138; conchair@vericon.org. Info: Des Moines Science Fiction Society, PO Box 7572, Des Moines, IA 50322-7572; info@demicon.org. Info: Constellation Conventions, c/o Frank Mikanowski, 37 rue du Surmelin, 75020 Paris, France; 33 6 71 86 32 17; info@constellation-conventions.com. www.sflovers.org /Reference/fandom/conlist/cons-bydate.html   (7103 words)

Ig Nobel Prize 2002- Popular Science Net The Igs are organized by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and co-sponsored by: the Harvard Computer Society; the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association; the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. The Ig Nobel Prizes 2002, announced Thursday, are awarded annually at Harvard University as a spoof of the Nobel ceremony. "Science is too human, too much fun, and too important not to laugh at it." The Annals of Improbable Research (and its predecessor, the Journal of Irreproducible Results) has been making fun of science and scientists for... www.dickran.net /nobel/ignobel2002.html   (725 words)

jama-part1-040198.html Last year's cosponsors were the Harvard Computer Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Abrahams, a 42-year-old former computer software designer, now Puck of science, is a frequent guest on talk shows and college campuses around the country, where his deadpan expression effectively hides a tongue that's virtually glued to his cheek as he speaks. 'Causing a Lot of Grief' Britain's chief science adviser May was not pleased with some of that attention-especially the "snap, crackle, and pop" news coverage given the British food scientists who won the 1995 Ig Nobel in physics for their study of how breakfast cereal flakes get soggy in milk. www.improb.com /airchives/press/1998/jama-part1-040198.html   (1570 words)

jama-part1-040198.html Last year's cosponsors were the Harvard Computer Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Abrahams, a 42-year-old former computer software designer, now Puck of science, is a frequent guest on talk shows and college campuses around the country, where his deadpan expression effectively hides a tongue that's virtually glued to his cheek as he speaks. 'Causing a Lot of Grief' Britain's chief science adviser May was not pleased with some of that attention-especially the "snap, crackle, and pop" news coverage given the British food scientists who won the 1995 Ig Nobel in physics for their study of how breakfast cereal flakes get soggy in milk. www.improb.com /airchives/press/1998/jama-part1-040198.html   (1570 words)

Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders The ceremony is sponsored by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and the Harvard student groups The Harvard Society of Physics Students, The Harvard Computer Society, and The Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders The ceremony will be Webcast live at www.improbable.com and recorded for rebroadcast the day after Thanksgiving on NPR's 'Talk of the Nation/Science Friday' program. www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/09.25/11-ignobel.html   (546 words)

Ig Nobel Press Release at the Beckman Institute Produced by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) and co-sponsored by the Harvard Computer Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, and the Harvard Radcliffe Society of Physics Students, the 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded to the recipients by genuine Nobel Laureates before an audience of 1200 at Harvard’s historic Sanders Theatre. Their research on the topic of inattentional blindness — the failure to notice unusual and salient visual events when attention is otherwise engaged and the events are unexpected—has lead them to win the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize in Psychology. The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think. www.beckman.uiuc.edu /news/inthe/ignobel.html   (546 words)

ig This sense of wonder and glorious silliness was on display at the 17th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize awards, held October 2 at Harvard's Sanders Theater, and co-sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research, the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, the Harvard Computer Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be broadcast November 28 on NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow. To win such a prize, you usually have to have had a scholarly paper published in peer-reviewed journal, although exceptions are made, especially for the Ig Nobel Peace prize and often for the prize in economics. www.nystringer.com /html/ig.htm   (546 words)

ig This sense of wonder and glorious silliness was on display at the 17th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize awards, held October 2 at Harvard's Sanders Theater, and co-sponsored by the Annals of Improbable Research, the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, the Harvard Computer Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony will be broadcast November 28 on NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow. To win such a prize, you usually have to have had a scholarly paper published in peer-reviewed journal, although exceptions are made, especially for the Ig Nobel Peace prize and often for the prize in economics. www.nystringer.com /html/ig.htm   (495 words)

Timeline of IQ Nobel Winners, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 WHENCE: The Igs are inflicted on you by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and co-sponsored by: the Harvard Computer Society; the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association; the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students; the new book Ig Nobel Prizes, published by Orion, London, ISBN 0752851500. Timeline of IQ Nobel Winners, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 WHAT: Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK.Technically speaking, the Igs honor people whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced." www.nobel-winners.com /IQnobel.html   (192 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. Hopkin is, among other things, famed for creating the Studmuffins of Science Calendar. www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (192 words)

Ig Nobel Prize - Popular Science Net The Igs are organized by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and co-sponsored by: the Harvard Computer Society; the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association; the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. The 2005 IG Nobel Prizes were awarded in a ceremony at Harvard University. Louis Kervran (Ig Nobel Physics Prize, 1993) and his discovery that the calcium in chickens' eggshells is created by a process of cold fusion. www.popular-science.net /nobel/ignobel.html   (192 words)

Ig Nobel Prize - Popular Science Net The Igs are organized by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and co-sponsored by: the Harvard Computer Society; the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association; the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. The 2005 IG Nobel Prizes were awarded in a ceremony at Harvard University. Louis Kervran (Ig Nobel Physics Prize, 1993) and his discovery that the calcium in chickens' eggshells is created by a process of cold fusion. www.dickran.net /nobel/ignobel.html   (632 words)

News in Science - The (Ig) Nobel Dr Karl - 04/10/2002 The Ig Nobel Prize is co-sponsored by the Harvard Computer Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. Dr Karl received a prestigious Ig Nobel Prize before an excited crowd of 1200, including three Nobel Laureates at a gala ceremony at Harvard University last night. News in Science 1/9/1999 The Lab voted best science and technology site www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/s693503.htm   (719 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. Hopkin is, among other things, famed for creating the Studmuffins of Science Calendar. 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue -- the inventor of karaoke -- is serenaded by Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (left), Richard Roberts and William Lipscomb, and by Karen Hopkin. www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (303 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. Hopkin is, among other things, famed for creating the Studmuffins of Science Calendar. All Ig Nobel Prizes activities are organized by the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (303 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. Hopkin is, among other things, famed for creating the Studmuffins of Science Calendar. All Ig Nobel Prizes activities are organized by the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (303 words)

Harvard Gazette: Oh, no! It's Ig Nobel time again! The Ig Nobel Ceremony is organized by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) in cooperation with three Harvard student groups - the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA), the Harvard Computer Society (HCS), and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS). The Ig Nobel Prizes are a good-natured take-off on science and the Nobel Prizes. Now in its 12th year, the Igs (as they are familiarly known) honor achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced." Each year, 10 new winners are invited to travel to Harvard - at their own expense - for a gala, pomp-and-paper-airplane-filled ceremony. www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/2002/09.26/27-igs.html   (303 words)

Ig Nobel Prize - Popular Science Net The Igs are organized by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and co-sponsored by: the Harvard Computer Society; the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association; the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students. A book is now available with the best of Improbable Research. www.dickran.net /nobel/ignobel.html   (632 words)

Ig Nobel Ceremony 2004 Details The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA), the Harvard Computer Society (HCS), and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the new book Ig Nobel Prizes, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525947531. Every delegation was officially celebrated at the beginning of the Ceremony, and the very most colorful delegations were chosen to parade ostentatiously into the theater. At the conclusion of the 2004 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, many of the winners gathered at center stage for a pointless photo opportunity.They were joined by the Nobel Laureates who had handed them the Ig Nobel Prizes, PHOTO: Kees Moeliker. www.improb.com /ig/2004/2004-details.html   (632 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre. 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue -- the inventor of karaoke -- is serenaded by Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (left), Richard Roberts and William Lipscomb, and by Karen Hopkin. www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (303 words)

Vericon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The convention is sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA), an undergraduate student group. Vericon is a science-fiction, fantasy, gaming, cosplay, and anime convention featuring many events and distinguished guest speakers. The sixth Vericon will take place on Friday-Sunday, January 27-29, 2006. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vericon   (229 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. All Ig Nobel Prizes activities are organized by the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue -- the inventor of karaoke-- is serenaded by Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (left), Richard Roberts and William Lipscomb, and by Karen Hopkin. www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (229 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. All Ig Nobel Prizes activities are organized by the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue -- the inventor of karaoke-- is serenaded by Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (left), Richard Roberts and William Lipscomb, and by Karen Hopkin. www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (303 words)

Ig Nobel Ceremony Honors Nutty 'Scientific' Research The Ig Nobels, a spoof on the actual Nobel Prizes, which are announced at about this time of year, are produced by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, which Abrahams edits, and cosponsored by the Harvard Computer Society and the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Glashow was this year’s prize in the Win a Date with a Nobel Laureate Contest and Lipscomb was the warm-up act, noodling a bit of easy jazz on his clarinet. Scientists explode a barrelful of confetti in one of the many planned 'disruptions' interrupting the wild and crazy Ig Nobel Ceremonies. www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/1999/10.07/Ig-Nobels.html   (921 words)

The Ig Nobel Web Page The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students (SPS), and the book Ig Nobel Prizes 2, published by E.P. Dutton, New York, ISBN 0525949127. 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize winner Daisuke Inoue -- the inventor of karaoke -- is serenaded by Nobel Laureates Dudley Herschbach (left), Richard Roberts and William Lipscomb, and by Karen Hopkin. All Ig Nobel Prizes activities are organized by the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). www.improb.com /ig/ig-top.html   (921 words)

2003-01-24 VeriCon is brought to you by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. SF Con at Harvard this weekend (Vericon) We'll have checkouts this showing! Things are still a bit disorganized from the office move, but we'll have checkouts this Friday. web.mit.edu /activities/anime/Showing-Announcements/2003/2003-01-24   (581 words)

Harvard convention seeks SFWA panelists - SFWA News The Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association will be holding its first convention, VeriCon, January 26-28, 2001, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. More information on HRSFA is available at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrsfa/, and the VeriCon home page is located at http://www.vericon.org/. They are very interested in having authors from SFWA attend as panelists and speakers. www.sfwa.org /news/harvard.htm   (104 words)

CreationMatters: ScienceFiction/Vericon Vericon is the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association's first ScienceFiction convention. Two panels for Vericon 2 (preferring a format that involves more participation from everyone): This page is available to it for any use. www.ourpla.net /cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ScienceFiction/Vericon   (148 words)

Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders The ceremony is sponsored by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and the Harvard student groups The Harvard Society of Physics Students, The Harvard Computer Society, and The Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders Each year, the Ig Nobels honor 10 winners, some of whom travel to Harvard to take their lumps - er, receive their prizes - in person. www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/09.25/11-ignobel.html   (148 words)

Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders The ceremony is sponsored by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research and the Harvard student groups The Harvard Society of Physics Students, The Harvard Computer Society, and The Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Harvard Gazette: Ig Nobel Prizes will skewer silly science at Sanders Each year, the Ig Nobels honor 10 winners, some of whom travel to Harvard to take their lumps - er, receive their prizes - in person. www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2003/09.25/11-ignobel.html   (546 words)

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