Left: Meteorologist and storm chaser John Monteverdi answers questions about tornadoes. Right: John chats with weather-enthusiasts during the break. April 2008. Photos: J. Mandel, Checkerbox Photography.
Left: David Barker, Linda Shore, and Keith Devlin talk about the science and math of baseball. Right: Outdoorsie types enjoy the talk from Axis's back patio. Co-presented with KQED's QUEST program. March 2008.
Our first Physics Circus was a blast! From top left: Ringmaster Zeke Kossover performs and explains the tablecloth trick; Zeke busts some common myths about lenses; the famous electric pickle glows; attendees ride a hovercraft; a volunteer lies on a bed of nails; Zeke takes a sledgehammer to the chest. Feb 2008.
Stanford physics professor Pat Burchat wows the crowd with the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Dec 2007.
One of AaS's top puzzle solving teams works out a tough one at our 2007 Holiday Puzzle Party.
Physical oceanographer Toby Garfield and big wave surfer Grant Washburn talk about the science of monster waves. Co-presented with KQED's QUEST program. Oct 2007.
Proud winners of Ask a Scientist's 4th Anniversary Trivia Contest. August 2007.
UC Berkeley's Lynn Robertson talks about synesthesia. Nov 2007. Photo courtesy of bunrab.com.
Left: Puzzle Master and math tutor Wes Carroll teases brains at Ask a Scientist's Pi Day Puzzle Party. Right: Contestants collaborate in the Bazaar Cafe's back garden. March 2007.
Stanford physics professor Shamit Kachru uses familiar objects to try to explain string theory to an attentive crowd. Feb 2007.
Left: Contestants compete their brains out at Ask a Scientist's Holiday Trivia Party, hosted by science writer Robin Marks. Right: And the winners are..."The Bus Drivers!" Dec 2006.
Physicist Hitoshi Murayama explains the meaning of the world's most famous equation: E=mc^2. Dec 2006.
Ask a Scientist and the Leakey Foundation co-present Sandy Harcourt's talk on why we study monkeys. Nov 2006.
Skyline College biology prof Shari Bookstaff answers questions about gray whales. A whale-loving little one examines some models. July 2006.
From top left: David Schwartz of the USGS talks about earthquakes
on the eve of the 1906 centennial anniversary; Trivia Mistress
Robin Marks and AaS director Juliana Gallin show off trivia contest
prizes; attentive attendees play Temblor Trivia to test
their seismic smarts; our three contest winners. April
2006. Photos: Alan Warshaw.
Andrew Fraknoi, chair of Foothill College's
astronomy program, describes the mysterious world of black
holes. Jan 2006. Photos: Mark
Johnson.
Berkeley's Rich Ivry (orange shirt)
explains right and left brain function. Attendees chat during
the break. January 2005. Photos: Aaron
Walburg.
Eddy Rubin, director of the JGI, talks about
sequencing the DNA of an extinct species of cave
bear. Aug 2005. Photo: David Gilbert.
Forensic scientists Keith Inman and Norah Rudin talk about the tools of modern mystery solving. May 2006. Photo: Alan Warshaw.
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