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SUMMARY:Humour in Science - Dr Len Fisher
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CONTACT:Mareike Herzog
DESCRIPTION:A funny thing happened on the way to the lab ..... . It would 
 be more correct to say that a funny thing happened IN the lab\, because jo
 kes (practical and otherwise)\, facetious suggestions and general playfuln
 ess have been the catalysts for some surprising advances in science. Here 
 I tell some of the stories\, and also show how scientists have been able t
 o make humour a major weapon in the quest to bring science to a wider publ
 ic.\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\nPraised by Entertai
 nment Weekly as "the man who put the fizz into physics\," Len Fisher won a
  spoof IgNobel Prize in 1999 for using physics to work out the best way to
  dunk a biscuit\, and points out that IgNobel Prizes are still rarer than 
 real Nobel Prizes.
LOCATION:The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com
  for directions).
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