Marc Abrahams

Marc Abrahams (born 1956^{[citation needed]}) is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research, and the originator and master of ceremonies of the annual Ig Nobel Prize celebration. He was formerly editor of the Journal of Irreproducible Results.^[1]

Abrahams is married to Robin Abrahams, also known as "Miss Conduct", a columnist for the Boston Globe.^[2]

He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in applied mathematics.^[3]

Bibliography

Books written or edited by Abrahams include:

• This Is Improbable (ISBN 978-1-85168-931-6)
• The Ig Nobel Prizes (ISBN 978-0-525-94753-0)
• Why Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans (ISBN 978-0-7528-6846-2)
• Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (ISBN 978-1-56305-312-2)
• The Best of "Annals of Improbable Research" (ISBN 978-0-71673-094-1)
• The Man Who Tried to Clone Himself (ISBN 978-0-45228-772-3)

References

External links

• Annals of Improbable Research
• Ig Nobel Prize website
• "Laugh first, think later" (Abrahams' own account of JIR and AIR), The Guardian, June 1, 2004
• Marc Abrahams at TED
  • "A science award that makes you laugh, then think" (TEDMED 2014)