IG Nobel: Nagroda matematyczna za hiperinflacje dolara (ZWL) ;-)

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Subject: IG Nobel: Nagroda matematyczna za hiperinflacje dolara (ZWL) ;-)
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:02:45 +0200
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8285380.st
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Page last updated at 23:52 GMT, Thursday, 1 October 2009 00:52 UK
[...] 2009 Ig Nobel prizes. The aim of the awards is to honour
achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think".
[...]
Mathematics: Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, for
giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of
numbers by having his bank print notes with denominations ranging from
one cent to one hundred trillion dollars.
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