2002年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2002年のイグノーベル賞は、英国の飼育下でダチョウが人間に求愛する行動、元素を集めて作った四本脚の「周期表テーブル」、虚数の概念をビジネスの世界へ応用したこと、犬猫用の洗濯機の発明など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
英国の飼育下でダチョウが人間に求愛する行動
Norma Bubier, Charles G.M. Paxton, Phil Bowers, and D. Charles Deeming of the United Kingdom, for their report “Courtship Behaviour of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain.”
- 受賞者
- Norma Bubier, Charles G.M. Paxton, Phil Bowers, and D. Charles Deeming of the United Kingdom
- 分野
- 生物学部門
元素を集めて作った四本脚の「周期表テーブル」
Theodore Gray (USA and Switzerland), for gathering many elements of the periodic table, and assembling them into the form of a four-legged periodic table table.
- 受賞者
- Theodore Gray (USA and Switzerland)
- 分野
- 化学部門
虚数の概念をビジネスの世界へ応用したこと
The executives, corporate directors, and auditors of Enron, Lernaut & Hauspie [Belgium], Adelphia, Bank of Commerce and Credit International [Pakistan], Cendant, CMS Energy, Duke Energy, Dynegy, Gazprom [Russia], Global Crossing, HIH Insurance [Australia], Informix, Kmart, Maxwell Communications [UK], McKessonHBOC, Merrill Lynch, Merck, Peregrine Systems, Qwest Communications, Reliant Resources, Rent-Way, Rite Aid, Sunbeam, Tyco, Waste Management, WorldCom, Xerox, and Arthur Andersen, for adapting the mathematical concept of imaginary numbers for use in the business world. [NOTE: all companies are U.S.-based unless otherwise noted.]
- 受賞者
- The executives, corporate directors, and auditors of Enron, Lernaut & Hauspie [Belgium], Adelphia, Bank of Commerce and Credit International [Pakistan], Cendant, CMS Energy, Duke Energy, Dynegy, Gazprom [Russia], Global Crossing, HIH Insurance [Australia], Informix, Kmart, Maxwell Communications [UK], McKessonHBOC, Merrill Lynch, Merck, Peregrine Systems, Qwest Communications, Reliant Resources, Rent-Way, Rite Aid, Sunbeam, Tyco, Waste Management, WorldCom, Xerox, and Arthur Andersen
- 分野
- 経済学部門
犬猫用の洗濯機の発明
Eduardo Segura, of Lavakan de Aste, in Tarragona, Spain, for inventing a washing machine for cats and dogs.
- 受賞者
- Eduardo Segura, of Lavakan de Aste, in Tarragona, Spain
- 分野
- 衛生学部門
へその垢の総合調査（誰に・いつ・何色・どれだけ）
Karl Kruszelnicki of The University of Sydney, for performing a comprehensive survey of human belly button lint — who gets it, when, what color, and how much.
- 受賞者
- Karl Kruszelnicki of The University of Sydney
- 分野
- 学際研究部門
不適切な蛍光ペンが読解力に与える影響
Vicki Silvers Gier and David S. Kreiner of Central Missouri State University, for their colorful report “The Effects of Pre-Existing Inappropriate Highlighting on Reading Comprehension.” [ PUBLISHED IN: Reading Research and Instruction, vol. 36, no. 3, 1997, pp. 217-23.]
- 受賞者
- Vicki Silvers Gier and David S. Kreiner of Central Missouri State University
- 分野
- 文学部門
インドゾウの体表面積の推定
K.P. Sreekumar and the late G. Nirmalan of Kerala Agricultural University, India, for their analytical report “Estimation of the Total Surface Area in Indian Elephants.” [REFERENCE: “Estimation of the Total Surface Area in Indian Elephants (Elephas maximus indicus),” K.P. Sreekumar and G. Nirmalan, Veterinary Research Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 5-17.]
- 受賞者
- K.P. Sreekumar and the late G. Nirmalan of Kerala Agricultural University, India
- 分野
- 数学部門
現代人と古代彫刻における陰嚢の左右非対称
Chris McManus of University College London, for his excruciatingly balanced report, “Scrotal Asymmetry in Man and in Ancient Sculpture.” [PUBLISHED IN: Nature, vol. 259, February 5, 1976, p. 426.]
- 受賞者
- Chris McManus of University College London
- 分野
- 医学部門
犬の言葉を翻訳する装置バウリンガルの開発
Keita Sato, President of Takara Co., Dr. Matsumi Suzuki, President of Japan Acoustic Lab, and Dr. Norio Kogure, Executive Director, Kogure Veterinary Hospital, for promoting peace and harmony between the species by inventing Bow-Lingual, a computer-based automatic dog-to-human language translation device.
- 受賞者
- Keita Sato, President of Takara Co., Dr. Matsumi Suzuki, President of Japan Acoustic Lab, and Dr. Norio Kogure, Executive Director, Kogure Veterinary Hospital
- 分野
- 平和部門
ビールの泡が指数関数的減衰に従う実証
Arnd Leike of the University of Munich, for demonstrating that beer froth obeys the mathematical Law of Exponential Decay.
- 受賞者
- Arnd Leike of the University of Munich
- 分野
- 物理学部門