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by ciclotrone 1045 days ago
A fun fact is that, if memory doesn't fool me, the levitating frog experiment was carried out by Micheal Berry and Andre Geim, and they were awarded the ignobel for it.

Berry is the same one of the Berry phase for which he received a ton of non-humorous awards, and Geim went on to discover graphene and receive a Nobel without the ig in front.
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pfdietz 1045 days ago
Is Geim the only person so far to receive a Nobel after receiving an Ig Nobel?
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swores 1045 days ago
Yes (in either order)
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placesalt 1045 days ago
Coincidentally, the most recent episode of the BBC podcast 'Discovery', part of their 'Life Scientific' series, is an extended interview with Geim:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5j21

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