2003年 イグノーベル賞 受賞者一覧
2003年のイグノーベル賞は、マガモの同性間屍姦の初の科学的記録、ハトが寄りつかない金沢の銅像の化学的調査、国全体を式典用に貸し出せるようにしたこと、マーフィーの法則の誕生など全10部門を収録。
受賞者一覧
マガモの同性間屍姦の初の科学的記録
C.W. Moeliker, of Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for documenting the first scientifically recorded case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck.
- 受賞者
- C.W. Moeliker, of Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 分野
- 生物学部門
ハトが寄りつかない金沢の銅像の化学的調査
Yukio Hirose of Kanazawa University, for his chemical investigation of a bronze statue, in the city of Kanazawa, that fails to attract pigeons.
- 受賞者
- Yukio Hirose of Kanazawa University
- 分野
- 化学部門
国全体を式典用に貸し出せるようにしたこと
Karl Schwärzler and the nation of Liechtenstein, for making it possible to rent the entire country for corporate conventions, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other gatherings.
- 受賞者
- Karl Schwärzler and the nation of Liechtenstein
- 分野
- 経済学部門
マーフィーの法則の誕生
The late John Paul Stapp, the late Edward A. Murphy, Jr., and George Nichols, for jointly giving birth in 1949 to Murphy’s Law, the basic engineering principle that “If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, someone will do it “(or, in other words: “If anything can go wrong, it will”).
- 受賞者
- The late John Paul Stapp, the late Edward A. Murphy, Jr., and George Nichols
- 分野
- 工学部門
ニワトリは美しい人間を好むという報告
Stefano Ghirlanda, Liselotte Jansson, and Magnus Enquist of Stockholm University, for their report “Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans.”
- 受賞者
- Stefano Ghirlanda, Liselotte Jansson, and Magnus Enquist of Stockholm University
- 分野
- 学際研究部門
自分が苛立ったことを80本以上の論文にした執念
John Trinkaus, of the Zicklin School of Business, New York City, for meticulously collecting data and publishing more than 80 detailed academic reports about things that annoyed him (such as: What percentage of young people wear baseball caps with the peak facing to the rear rather than to the front; What percentage of pedestrians wear sport shoes that are white rather than some other color; What percentage of swimmers swim laps in the shallow end of a pool rather than the deep end; What percentage of automobile drivers almost, but not completely, come to a stop at one particular stop-sign; What percentage of commuters carry attaché cases; What percentage of shoppers exceed the number of items permitted in a supermarket’s express checkout lane; and What percentage of students dislike the taste of Brussels sprouts.)
- 受賞者
- John Trinkaus, of the Zicklin School of Business, New York City
- 分野
- 文学部門
ロンドンのタクシー運転手の脳は発達しているという証拠
Eleanor Maguire, David Gadian, Ingrid Johnsrude, Catriona Good, John Ashburner, Richard Frackowiak, and Christopher Frith of University College London, for presenting evidence that the brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than those of their fellow citizens.
- 受賞者
- Eleanor Maguire, David Gadian, Ingrid Johnsrude, Catriona Good, John Ashburner, Richard Frackowiak, and Christopher Frith of University College London
- 分野
- 医学部門
法的には死亡扱いのまま活動を続けた人物
Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; Second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and Third, for creating the Association of Dead People.
- 受賞者
- Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India
- 分野
- 平和部門
羊をさまざまな面の上で引きずるのに要する力の解析
Jack Harvey, John Culvenor, Warren Payne, Steve Cowley, Michael Lawrance, David Stuart, and Robyn Williams of Australia, for their irresistible report “An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces.”
- 受賞者
- Jack Harvey, John Culvenor, Warren Payne, Steve Cowley, Michael Lawrance, David Stuart, and Robyn Williams of Australia
- 分野
- 物理学部門
政治家の性格は際立って単純だという報告
Gian Vittorio Caprara and Claudio Barbaranelli of the University of Rome, and Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University, for their discerning report “Politicians’ Uniquely Simple Personalities.”
- 受賞者
- Gian Vittorio Caprara and Claudio Barbaranelli of the University of Rome, and Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University
- 分野
- 心理学部門