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Eric  Schulman
Eric will be speaking on the topic of: "Life in the Universe"

Eric Schulman is a PhD astronomer, author, and science humorist. He's on the editorial board of the Annals of Improbable Research and has written many articles for the science humor magazine. His science humor has also appeared in Null Hypothesis and the Science Creative Quarterly. One of his AIR articles, "The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less", has been translated into more than 30 languages, from Afrikaans to Klingon to Welsh. This article provided the inspiration for his 1999 humorous popular science book, A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac(R). Dr. Schulman was the Armchair Astrophysics columnist for Mercury Magazine for two years and he contributed astronomy and physics articles to the 2008 popular science book, Defining Moments in Science: Over a Century of the Greatest Discoveries, Experiments, Inventions, People, Publications, and Events that Rocked the World.

Bibliography:

Title ISBN Date Publisher
Defining Moments in Science 1-84403-641-3 10/2008 Cassell Illustrated
A Briefer History of Time 0-71673-389-7 05/1999 St. Martin's Press
The Best of Annals of Improbable Research 0-71673-094-4 09/1997 W.H. Freeman

Additional books by Eric Schulman