<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><br></div><div>Hi all,<div><br></div><div>We have a public lecture event that may interest you. It is free, open to all,</div><div>aimed at general audiences, and includes a reception with nice food and coffee.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><b> Sunday 9 December</b>, Science Sundays Lecture Series</div><div> lecture 3-4pm, reception 4-5pm at the Ohio Union (see the poster below)<br><br></div><div> Jennifer Ouellette (author, journalist, blogger)</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 35, 14); "><b> "Ready for Their Closeup: Scientists Go Hollywood"</b></span></div><div> A light-hearted look at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to how physics and physicists have been portrayed over the years on film and television.</div><div><br></div><div> For details, please see <a href="hhttp://artsandsciences.osu.edu/upcoming-talks-2012-13">http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/upcoming-talks-2012-13</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.jenniferouellette-writes.com/">http://www.jenniferouellette-writes.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Jennifer Ouellette is the author of four popular science books for the general public: the forthcoming </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">(2013); </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> (2010); </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">The Physics of the Buffyverse</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> (2007); and </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> (2006). She also edited </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">The Best Online Science Writing 2012</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); line-height: 19px; "><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> (Scientific American Books, 2012). </span></font></span></div><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" color="#442114"><span class="x_Apple-style-span"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Her work has appeared in the <i>Washington Post</i>, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Discover</i>, </span><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><i>Slate</i></span></font><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Salon</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Mental Floss</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Nature</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Physics Today</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Symmetry</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Physics World</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, and </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">New Scientist</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">, among other venues. She maintains a blog called Cocktail Party Physics at </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Scientific American</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> and covers space science for </span></font><i style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; ">Discovery News</i><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Times-Roman"><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">. She is also a contributor to Download the Universe, a site devoted to reviewing the brave new world of science-related e-books.</span></font></p></span></font><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">From November 2008 to October 2010, she was the founding director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a Los Angeles-based initiative of the National Academy of Sciences aimed at fostering creative collaborations between scientists and entertainment industry professionals. </span><span class="x_Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 33, 20); font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; ">Ouellette holds a black belt in jujitsu, and lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Caltech physicist Sean (M.) Carroll.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div>Best regards,</div><div>John Beacom</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div><div><img id="96f75f01-c8b5-4360-9963-2f21a259c61d" height="845" width="652" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:94CBCE08-8660-4EEB-95CD-35FA61D46A90@mps.ohio-state.edu"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "></div></div></div>-- <br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>John Beacom<br>Professor and Director of CCAPP (<a href="http://ccapp.osu.edu">http://ccapp.osu.edu</a>)<br>Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy<br>Ohio State University<br>email: <a href="mailto:beacom@mps.ohio-state.edu">beacom.7@osu.edu</a>, phone: (614) 247 - 8102<br>Dept. of Physics, OSU, 191 W. 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