<div dir="ltr">According to the Economist, the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference requires everyone to submit a one-sentence summary of their paper. Back in 2001, Allan Treiman apparently decided to summarize his paper on "The ALTA II Spectrometer: A tool for teaching about light and remote sensing" in the form of a haiku:<div><br></div><div>Bright leaves on a dark sky</div><div>Beyond the brilliant rainbow</div><div>Vision fades away</div><div><br></div><div>At the most recent meeting, more than 200 scientists submitted haiku summaries of their papers. Examples include:</div><div><br></div><div>Deep within Ceres</div><div>Mysteries still confound us</div><div>Is it mud or ice?</div><div><br></div><div>Counting craters is </div><div>Easier when you use a </div><div>Supercomputer</div><div><br></div><div>Sunrise and sunset</div><div>Cracking, creaking, and rumbling</div><div>The Moon never rests</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for submitting abstracts to the AAA is a week away. If a bunch of <i>astronomers</i> can do it....</div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>Cyndi Dunn<br>Professor of Anthropology<br>Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology<br>University of Northern Iowa<br>Cedar Falls IA 50614-0513 U.S.A.<br><br>(319) 273-6251<br><a href="mailto:Cyndi.Dunn@uni.edu" target="_blank">Cyndi.Dunn@uni.edu</a><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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