[Linganth] A challenge to linguists everywhere

[Cynthia Dunn]

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:

Bright leaves on a dark sky
Beyond the brilliant rainbow
Vision fades away

At the most recent meeting, more than 200 scientists submitted haiku
summaries of their papers.  Examples include:

Deep within Ceres
Mysteries still confound us
Is it mud or ice?

Counting craters is
Easier when you use a
Supercomputer

Sunrise and sunset
Cracking, creaking, and rumbling
The Moon never rests

The deadline for submitting abstracts to the AAA is a week away.  If a
bunch of *astronomers* can do it....

Cyndi Dunn
Professor of Anthropology
Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls IA 50614-0513 U.S.A.

(319) 273-6251
Cyndi.Dunn at uni.edu
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