(?:Ig)? Nobel Laureate
October 5, 2010 7:55 PM Subscribe
Andre Geim has earned many awards from his peers for groundbreaking research in physics, but he's arguably only won the attention of the general public a couple times: First for levitating a frog, and then for discovering 2D atomic crystals.
For these efforts he has become the first person to be a laureate of both the Ig Nobel Prize and Nobel Prize.
Dude looks exactly like Chevy Chase.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:11 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 9:11 PM on October 5, 2010
From the APS link:
posted by kenko at 9:13 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Geim has a knack for quirky yet significant research subjects. He made headlines in 1997 when he used a magnetic field to levitate a frog, garnering him an Ig Nobel Prize in 2000. He once co-authored a paper with his favorite hamster, “Detection of earth rotation with a diamagnetically levitating gyroscope,” insisting that “H. A. M. S. ter Tisha” contributed to the levitation experiment “most directly.” (According to Wikipedia the hamster later applied for a PhD at the University of Nijmegen.)But did the hamster get the degree? Come on!
posted by kenko at 9:13 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Here's the paper kenko found:
Detection of earth rotation with a diamagnetically levitating gyroscope
A. K. Geim and H. A. M. S. ter Tisha
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volumes 294-295, January 2001, Pages 736-739.
doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00753-5
posted by needled at 9:19 PM on October 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
Detection of earth rotation with a diamagnetically levitating gyroscope
A. K. Geim and H. A. M. S. ter Tisha
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volumes 294-295, January 2001, Pages 736-739.
doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00753-5
posted by needled at 9:19 PM on October 5, 2010 [2 favorites]
I lament this day, as the spotlight has moved from the venerable tube to the prosaic plate.
posted by Tube at 9:21 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Tube at 9:21 PM on October 5, 2010
The Nobel is well-deserved, that levitating frog is remarkable, but I don't get what's so funny about 2D crystals.
posted by Durhey at 10:27 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Durhey at 10:27 PM on October 5, 2010
Dude got a Nobel Prize for playing with Scotch tape and a pencil. Damn.
posted by 7-7 at 12:47 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by 7-7 at 12:47 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Dude figured out how magnets fucking work!
posted by 3.2.3 at 4:57 AM on October 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by 3.2.3 at 4:57 AM on October 6, 2010 [2 favorites]
Oh look, the Nobel Prize has updated their website. Now it's completely awful.
posted by maryr at 8:49 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by maryr at 8:49 AM on October 6, 2010
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