Marc Abrahams Explained

Marc Abrahams (born 1956) is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research, and the originator and master of ceremonies of the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration. He was formerly editor of the Journal of Irreproducible Results.^[1]

Abrahams is married to Robin Abrahams, also known as "Miss Conduct", a columnist for the Boston Globe.^[2]

He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in applied mathematics.^[3]

Bibliography

Books written or edited by Abrahams include:

• This Is Improbable
• The Ig Nobel Prizes
• Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans
• Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble
• The Best of "Annals of Improbable Research"
• The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself

External links

• Annals of Improbable Research
• Ig Nobel Prize website
• "Laugh first, think later" (Abrahams' own account of JIR and AIR), The Guardian, June 1, 2004
  • • "A science award that makes you laugh, then think" (TEDMED 2014)

Notes and References

1. http://improbable.com/navstrip/airshows/airshows.html#marc About Marc Abrahams
2. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/ Miss Conduct Blog
3. Web site: Improbable Research. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091006093441/http://improbable.com/about/people/MarcAbrahams.html . 2009-10-06 .