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Article #809Irreproducible Results Barnstorming sched (updated 4/5)
From: Marc Abrahams
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 23:51
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 23:51
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========================================================== Please forward/post this to anyone who might be interested ========================================================== [Last updated: April 5, 1994] The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR) is coming to town! "A sort of MAD Magazine for the Stephen Hawking Crowd" -- Boston Globe "Our favorite magazine" -- New Scientist "The funniest magazine we know" -- Toronto Globe and Mail !!!!! Calling all scientists (frocked and defrocked), doctors, students (of any age, inclination and capacity), teachers (of any capacity, inclination, and age), writers, engineers, convicted felons, Ig Nobel laureates, economists, and other devotees and practitioners of science humor!!!!!!!!!!!!! JIR's editor and co-conspirators are barnstorming the U.S., doing readings/seminars/slide shows from the new JIR book, "Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (and further improbabilities)," and gathering nominations for this year's Ig Nobel Prizes. WHAT The tour features readings/seminars/slide shows of: <> Classic works from The Journal of Irreproducible Results (JIR), the world's oldest, largest, best known science humor journal. <> Highlights from the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremonies, mounted annually by JIR and The MIT Museum to honor "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced." <> Current irreproducible research from local scientists. SCHEDULED EVENTS **************************************************************** * This is a partial list. * For the most up-to-date schedule * please send a polite e-mail message to: BOURBAKI@NEU.EDU **************************************************************** Wed., Apr. 6, noon BROOKHAVEN NAT'L LAB, Upton NY Berkner Auditorium Thurs., Apr. 7, 1:00 LEGENT CORP, Jersey City, NJ Thurs., Apr. 7, 4:00 COLUMBIA PRSBYTERIAN MEDICAL CTR, NYC Hammer Health Sciences Center, room 401 Thurs., Apr. 7, 7:00 NEW YORK MENSA, NYC Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Club 37th and Lexington ** special guest host: MARILYN VOS SAVANT Fri., Apr. 8, 6:00 CORNELL UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER, NYC 1300 York Ave. at 69th St., room A 106 Sat., Apr 9, 2:00 BRYN MAWR Park Science Center, room 243 Sun., Apr. 10, 2:00 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, Philadelphia, PA 20th and The Parkway Musser Choices Forum Mon., Apr. 11, 10:00 ARMY RESEARCH FORUM, Washington, DC Mon., Apr. 11, noon ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, DC EPA Auditorium, EPA Education Center 401 M Street, SW Tues., Apr. 12, noon CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT Washington, DC Tues., Apr. 12, TBA NIH ANIMAL CENTER Wed., Apr. 13, noon LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, DC Wed., Apr. 13, 6:00 MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Fredricksburg, VA Thur., Apr. 14, 9:30 am NAVY RESEARCH LAB, Washington DC Thur., Apr. 14, 12:30 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, Bethesda, MD Masur Auditorium Thur. Apr. 14, 5:00 HORN POINT ENVIRONMENTAL LAB, Cambridge, MD Fri., Apr. 15, 7:00 MEMPHIS STATE U, Memphis, TN Psychology Auditorium Sat., Apr. 16, TBA TECHNICON SCI-FI CONVENTION, VIRGINIA TECH, Blacksburg, VA Mon., Apr. 18, TBA CEBAF NATIONAL LAB, Newport News, VA Wed., Apr. 20, 3:30 U CINCINATTI, Cincinatti, OH 527 Old Chemistry Thur., Apr. 21, 7:00(?) OHIO STATE U, Columbus, OH Page Hall, room 110 Thur., May 26, 6:00 MIT ALUMNI CLUB OF NEW HAMPSHIRE [Some previous stops on the tour: POWELL'S TECHNICAL BOOKS, Portland, OR; UNIV. OF PORTLAND; MICROSOFT, Redmond, WA; UNIV. of WASHINGTON, Seattle; UC BERKELEY; 3DO, Redwood City, CA; "WEST COAST LIVE" (NPR); U CHICAGO; NORTHERN ILLINOIS U; SCI-FI MINI-CON, Bloomington, MN] ::::: THE SECOND LEG: invite us to your place!! The second leg of the tour is being organized right now. If you would like to be a host/instigator for an Irreproducible Science Event for 50 or more people at your city, university, hospital, research center, high school, book store, etc., ASAP please contact: Lisa Bernstein, Workman Publishing, 708 Broadway, NY, NY 10013 (212) 614-7505 FAX:(212) 254-8098 itlhappen@aol.com ::::: CALLING ALL JIR AUTHORS!! If you are a JIR author and/or if you want to read, shout, or otherwise present your irreproducible research results at one of these events, please contact Marc Abrahams (jir@mit.edu) as soon as possible. DRESS Lab coats are suggested, but by no means required. Heckling is encouraged.
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