2001年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2001年のイグノーベル賞は、ブラックホールは地獄の要件を満たすという発見、におい成分を炭で濾過する密閉下着の発明、相続税が下がるなら人は死期を先延ばしにする結論、複数形と所有格の違いを守り広めた活動など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
ブラックホールは地獄の要件を満たすという発見
Dr. Jack and Rexella Van Impe of Jack Van Impe Ministries, Rochester Hills, Michigan, for their discovery that black holes fulfill all the technical requirements to be the location of Hell.
- 受賞者
- Dr. Jack and Rexella Van Impe of Jack Van Impe Ministries, Rochester Hills, Michigan
- 分野
- 宇宙物理学部門
におい成分を炭で濾過する密閉下着の発明
Buck Weimer of Pueblo, Colorado for inventing Under-Ease, airtight underwear with a replaceable charcoal filter that removes bad-smelling gases before they escape.
- 受賞者
- Buck Weimer of Pueblo, Colorado
- 分野
- 生物学部門
相続税が下がるなら人は死期を先延ばしにする結論
Joel Slemrod, of the University of Michigan Business School, and Wojciech Kopczuk, of University of British Columbia [and who has since moved to Columbia University], for their conclusion that people find a way to postpone their deaths if that would qualify them for a lower rate on the inheritance tax.
- 受賞者
- Joel Slemrod, of the University of Michigan Business School, and Wojciech Kopczuk, of University of British Columbia [and who has since moved to Columbia University]
- 分野
- 経済学部門
複数形と所有格の違いを守り広めた活動
John Richards of Boston, England, founder of The Apostrophe Protection Society, for his efforts to protect, promote, and defend the differences between plural and possessive.
- 受賞者
- John Richards of Boston, England, founder of The Apostrophe Protection Society
- 分野
- 文学部門
落ちてきたヤシの実による負傷の報告
Peter Barss of McGill University, for his impactful medical report “Injuries Due to Falling Coconuts.”
- 受賞者
- Peter Barss of McGill University
- 分野
- 医学部門
遊園地「スターリン・ワールド」の造成
Viliumas Malinauskus of Grutas, Lithuania, for creating the amusement park known as “Stalin World.”
- 受賞者
- Viliumas Malinauskus of Grutas, Lithuania
- 分野
- 平和部門
シャワーカーテンが内側に張り付く理由の部分的解明
David Schmidt of the University of Massachusetts for his partial solution to the question of why shower curtains billow inwards.
- 受賞者
- David Schmidt of the University of Massachusetts
- 分野
- 物理学部門
就学前児童の小集団における歓喜の生態学的研究
Lawrence W. Sherman of Miami University, Ohio, for his influential research report “An Ecological Study of Glee in Small Groups of Preschool Children.”
- 受賞者
- Lawrence W. Sherman of Miami University, Ohio
- 分野
- 心理学部門
鼻をほじるのは思春期に一般的だという発見
Chittaranjan Andrade and B.S. Srihari of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, for their probing medical discovery that nose picking is a common activity among adolescents.
- 受賞者
- Chittaranjan Andrade and B.S. Srihari of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
- 分野
- 公衆衛生部門
2001年に車輪を特許出願して認められたこと
Awarded jointly to John Keogh of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, for patenting the wheel in the year 2001, and to the Australian Patent Office for granting him Innovation Patent #2001100012. [NOTE: Several years after this prize was awarded, the patent office quietly revoked Mr. Keogh’s patent.]
- 受賞者
- Awarded jointly to John Keogh of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
- 分野
- 技術部門