William S Lipscomb

Ig Nobels Honor Bladder Control, Beer Bottle Mating

• The ceremony had a somber moment this year as two longtime Ig Nobel participants were memorialized. Mathematician Benot Mandelbrot, 85 and pioneer of fractal geometry, and Harvard University chemist William Lipscomb, 91 and winner of a real Nobel Prize, both passed away since last year's ceremony.
• Date: Sep 30, 2011
• Source: Google