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

Symmetry Breaking Reviews Rational Comedy for an Irrational Planet

August 18th, 2008

I’ve been writ­ing up my notes from Sci­ence Foo Camp, anx­ious to get some­thing online about the uncon­fer­ence that ended a week ago already, and from which I’m still on a seri­ous high.  Meanwhile…

sym­me­try break­ing has a new review of my “Ratio­nal Com­edy for an Irra­tional Planet” show.

sym­me­try break­ing is a blog sup­ple­ment to sym­me­try – a great par­ti­cle physics mag­a­zine that explores not only the sci­ence but also the peo­ple, the cul­ture, and the poli­cies of science.

It’s pub­lished every other month by the Fermi National Accel­er­a­tor Lab­o­ra­tory and the Stan­ford Lin­ear Accel­er­a­tor Cen­ter – national lab­o­ra­to­ries funded by the Office of Sci­ence of the US Depart­ment of Energy – and, there­fore, the mag­a­zine is avail­able for free – in print as well as online – to any­one.  Sub­scribe here.

The review is writ­ten by David Har­ris, edi­tor of sym­me­try, who attended my show at the Punch Line Com­edy Club, here in SF, last Mon­day, August 11, imme­di­ately fol­low­ing Sci­Foo weekend.

He also invited me to write an essay on being a sci­ence come­dian for the print ver­sion of the magazine.

Thanks, David!