Session Type: Special Event
Number: SE-012
Title: Annals of Improbable Research
Session Start/End Time: Friday, Feb 13, 2009, 8:00 PM -10:00 PM
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Room: Fairmont Moulin Rouge
Admission Policy Open to all registrants
Synopsis: Writers and friends from The Annals of Improbable Research presents the Ig Nobel Prizes for research that makes people laugh ... and then think. Honors this year include Coca-Cola as a contraceptive, Switzerland's new legal principle that plants have dignity, the jumping ability of dog fleas versus cat fleas, and puzzle-solving slime molds.