Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science

Doodles drawn during a public lecture

At the public lecture in Dallas by Lisa Randall (see "Crowd Packs the Hall for Lisa Randall Public Lecture" ) survey cards were distributed to find out who the members of audience were and how they heard of the event. The attendees were about a third physicists from the meeting, a third students, and a third other members of the public. The students had mainly heard about the lecture from their teachers (APS Outreach, working with event host Victoria Smith Downing of the Kilby Foundation, had canvassed many local schools), and the public through flyers and other means including the radio. One of the cards, however, was returned with a series of drawings on the back making visual fun of the word "brane." Although the author had not signed his name, the APS crack forensic team determined that it was the work of Todd Tinsley of Rice University, who, when his identity was revealed, graciously allowed us to reproduce some of it for the enjoyment of readers of APS News.