Tuesday, November 13, 12:30 pm
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West B Room
Marc Abrahams -- editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, host of the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, and author of several books (including his latest, This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research -- listen to Marc's NPR interview) -- will be joining us for a lively exploration of weird science, off-beat research, and things that go bump in the lab. Members of the Berkman Center community will join with a group of special guests to perform dramatic readings from bizarre studies discussed in Marc's new book, and answer questions about what they have read based on no special knowledge whatsoever. Does it sound odd? Yes. Does it actually work? Surprisingly well.
Featuring:
- Gus Rancatore (proprietor, Toscanini’s Ice Cream)
- Richard Baguley (technology reviewer)
- Naomi Stephen (literature scholar)
- Jeff Hermes (director, Digital Media Law project)
- Mary Carmichael (higher ed reporter, Boston Globe)
- Molly Sauter, Berkman Center Fellow
- Ryan Budish, Berkman Center Fellow and Director of Herdict
- Judith Donath, Berkman Center Fellow
- Kendra Albert, Berkman Center Fellow
- Alicia Solow-Niederman, Berkman Center Staff
- Matthew Battles, Berkman Center Fellow
- Adam Holland, Berkman Center Staff
- others to be announced