THE IG NOBEL PRIZE:  2008 - 2011

Please see the IG NOBEL PRIZE (1991 -1994) post of 10/23/19 for an explanation of this prize.

Partial list of IG NOBEL prize winners: 2008 -2011

2008
Biology - Presented to Marie-Christine Cadiergues, Christel Joubert, and Michel Franc, for discovering that fleas that live on dogs jump higher than fleas that live on cats.

2009
Physics - Presented to Katherine K. Whitcome of the University of Cincinnatti, Daniel E. Lieberman of Harvard University, and Liza J. Shapiro of the University of Texas at Austin, all in the U.S., for analytically determining why pregnant women do not tip over.

2010 
Physics - Presented to Lianne Parkin, Sheila Williams, and Patricia Priest of the University of Otago, New Zealand, for demonstrating that, on icy footpaths in wintertime, people slip and fall less often if they wear socks on the outside of their shoes.

2011
Literature - Presented to John Perry of Stanford University for his Theory of Structured Procrastination, which states: "To be a high achiever, always work on something important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that's even more important.