1999-11-01 18:18:35+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Damn The Tin Drum, the Ig Nobel Prize list for this year has been announced. Top winner: A guy who patented a centrifuge to aid baby delivery (Mercury News article on the baby delivery centrifuge). Alas, I can't find any details on one of the physics awards to Jean-Marc Vanden-Broeck, a mathematician who has apparently calculated how to make a teapot spout that doesn't drip, which was my goal back when I threw clay regularly.