The event is currently 57% full, at 2.10pm Wednesday. http://improboxford.eventbrite.com/ Father of the Ig Nobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams and scientists, researchers, and other colourful individuals explain research that will make you laugh and then think!! Why are books on ethics more likely to get stolen? What time of month generates higher tips for Las Vegas lap dancers? What's the best way to murder tree snakes in Guam? And what is the significance of Mr Buckley's exploding trousers? Along with more of the strangest and interesting research known to this pale blue dot. Mason Porter - Mathematician and writer Rita Carter - Science writer and broadcaster Brian Clegg - Science author Alain Goriely - Director of the Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics Thomas Woolley - Postdoctoral mathematics student Steve Colgan - QI contributor and Ex-Met Police 'Ninja' Mark Lynas - Author of SIX DEGREES A few more participants to be announced. Marc Abrahams is editor and co-founder of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). Marc is the father and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The Prizes are handed out by genuine Nobel Laureates at a gala ceremony held each autumn at Harvard University and broadcast on National Public Radio and on the Internet. He is the author of This Is Improbable and lives in Cambridge, Mass, USA. Please note that the venue is different from previous Ig Nobel events in Oxford: Mathematical Institute 24-29 St Giles Oxford OX1 3LB 5pm - 6.30pm Friday, 5th October 2012 Please book tickets in advance online: http://improboxford.eventbrite.com/ Adults: GBP 6.00 Concessions: GBP 3.00 (students, unemployed, senior citizens)