Ig Nobel 2006 Prize in mathematics

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Nic Svenson (left) spoils a rather nice photo of Piers Barnes. Credit: CSIRO
Nic Svenson (left) spoils a rather nice photo of Piers Barnes. Credit: CSIRO

The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in mathematics was awarded to Dr Piers Barnes and Ms Nic Svenson of CSIRO for figuring out how many photographs to take of a group of people to be confident of getting at least one where no-one’s blinking.


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