"Geim shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize with Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University, for levitating the frog. His award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 made him the first person to win an Ig followed by the real version."
Badass. (Even if my physics past wants someone to win something big for work on silicates one day. Dammit, glasses are fascinating.)
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Geim's the guy who levitated the frog:
"Geim shared the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize with Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University, for levitating the frog. His award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 made him the first person to win an Ig followed by the real version."
Badass. (Even if my physics past wants someone to win something big for work on silicates one day. Dammit, glasses are fascinating.)
Here is some more info and videos http://www.ru.nl/hfml/research/levitation/diamagnetic/