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Corpus Christi College.
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Robert Matthews
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After graduating in physics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, in 1981, Matthews took up a dual career in science writing and academic research. He is currently science consultant and columnist for the science magazine British Broadcasting Corporation Focus, a freelance columnist for the The National in Abu Dhabi and Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Aston University. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Chartered Physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Matthews has held various specialist posts on national newspapers in the United Kingdom, including technology correspondent for The Times and science correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph.
In addition, he has written on a freelance basis for, among others, New Scientist, The Economist, The Financial Times, Reader"s Digest and The Spectator. His professional awards include Feature Writer of the Year in 2000, by the Association of British Science Writers.
Matthews has published research in refereed journals on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Bayesian inference and probability to astronomy, cryptology and neural computing.
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Ig Nobel Prize
The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research.The Ig Nobel Prizes are a parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research.