Science Comedian

Science Comedian Essay in Symmetry Magazine

March 31st, 2009

A few months ago I was asked to write an essay about being a sci­ence come­dian for a really cool pub­li­ca­tion – Sym­me­try Mag­a­zine – and it finally came out today!

Sym­me­try is “a mag­a­zine about par­ti­cle physics and its con­nec­tions to other aspects of life and sci­ence” – and it’s put out jointly by Fermi National Accel­er­a­tor Lab­o­ra­tory and the Stan­ford Lin­ear Accel­er­a­tor Cen­ter, two national labs funded by the Office of Sci­ence of the US Depart­ment of Energy.

It’s avail­able in print and online edi­tions – and any­one can receive a free sub­scrip­tion to the print ver­sion sim­ply by fill­ing out a form.  That’s a ben­e­fit of it being paid for by our tax dollars.

Sym­me­try is a great sci­ence mag­a­zine for the layper­son, giv­ing fas­ci­nat­ing glimpses into the world of sub­atomic par­ti­cles and gigan­tic par­ti­cle accel­er­a­tors and the peo­ple who attend to them.

The cur­rent issue is par­tic­u­larly good!

Ahem.

The pic­ture was taken by my friend John Gilbey dur­ing a ses­sion at Sci­Foo 2008 enti­tled “Seduc­ing the Pub­lic With Science.”

Link: 
Brian Malow Essay in Sym­me­try Magazine