One Funny Morning 9/5/24- Ig Nobel Prize founder Marc Abrahams- Licking rocks

2024-09-05

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Join me this morning as I welcome author, columnist and Ig Nobel Prize founder Marc Abrahams! Marc Abrahams writes about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. In 1991 he founded the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, (a parody of the Nobel prize) and serves as Master of Ceremonies. The prizes are handed out by Nobel laureates in a gala event held every year at Harvard University. Marc co-founded and edits the magazine Annals of...

Join me this morning as I welcome author, columnist and Ig Nobel Prize founder Marc Abrahams!

Marc Abrahams writes about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.

In 1991 he founded the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, (a parody of the Nobel prize) and serves as Master of Ceremonies. The prizes are handed out by Nobel laureates in a gala event held every year at Harvard University.

Marc co-founded and edits the magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and has written several books, including This is Improbable. He also edits and writes much of the website and blog at www.improbable.com.

Marc has a degree in applied mathematics from Harvard College, spent several years developing optical character recognition computer systems (including a reading machine for the blind) at Kurzweil Computer Products, and later founded Wisdom Simulators, which used computers to give people experience in making excruciating decisions. Marc is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study called "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur."

Marc is married to psychologist Robin Abrahams, who writes the "Miss Conduct" advice column for the Boston Globe Magazine.

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