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  Science Entertainment: The Physics Chanteuse
The Physics Chanteuse is a cabaret-style musical act produced and performed by physicist and chanteuse Lynda Williams for scientists at conferences and meetings.
Williams researches the scientific topic and writes custom songs and repartee which are usually performed at the event's banquet.
Williams also performs her musical science shows for the general public in Cosmic Cabaret, and for teens in schools in Science Rave.
www.scientainment.com /pchant.html   (174 words)

  
 CLAS News Release
Williams is an associate research professor in the School of Earth and Science Exploration and studies clay mineralogy.
Williams, from a family of physicians, says that it was really the second message that finally drew her to the project.
Williams is passionate about her subject: “Clays are as individual in character as people are in personality.
clas.asu.edu /newsevents/newsreleases/2006/WilliamsHaydelResearch_11012006.htm   (1614 words)

  
 Lynda Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She lives in Prince George, British Columbia where she runs the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Williams also works part time as an instructor in applied computing where she runs web courses based on open source content that is maintained using a small fee called "dynamic content".
The goal of dynamic content is to provide a self-funding means of keeping courses adaptable while reducing the net cost to students, in comparison with the older, text book approach.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lynda_Williams   (162 words)

  
 Geological Sciences at Arizona State University : Lynda B. Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Williams, L.B., Hervig, R.L., Wieser, M.E., and Hutcheon, I., 2001, The influence of organic matter on the boron isotope geochemistry of the Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basin, USA, Chemical Geology, 174: 445-461.
Williams, L.B., Hervig, R.L. and Bjørlykke, K., 1997, New evidence for the origin of quartz cements in hydrocarbon reservoirs revealed by oxygen isotope microanalyses, Geochimica et Cosmochim Acta 61: 12: 2529-2538.
Williams, L.B., Ferrell, R.E. Jr., Hutcheon, I., Bakel, A.J. Walsh, M.M. and Krouse, H.R., 1995, Nitrogen isotope geochemistry of organic matter and minerals during diagenesis and hydrocarbon migration.
geology.asu.edu /people/faculty/lwilliams   (825 words)

  
 EDGE and Tesseract Books
Created by author Lynda Williams, the UNIVERSE has become much more than a place to host a series of books; it has become a subculture where “Friends outside of the Okal Rel Universe” have begun to embrace Lynda’s characters and concepts.
Lynda Williams, teaches computer literacy at the University of Northern BC and holds an M.L.S. from the University of Toronto and a M.Sc.
Williams effectively displays the internal conflicts of Horth and her other major players, while providing readers with the visual feast of the Okal Rel in its starry splendor....
www.edgewebsite.com /books/righteousanger/rag-catalog.html   (1019 words)

  
 California State University | Public Affairs Department
Physicist Lynda Williams brings her world-famous "Cosmic Cabaret" science lecture to California State University, Sacramento at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 19.
Williams' cabaret-style physics lectures have attracted a flurry of media attention from the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and the San Francisco Chronicle.
William's co-owns Science Entertainment with her sister, Bergen Williams, a screenplay writer, actress and director.
www.csus.edu /news/041001williams.html   (227 words)

  
 ethos/SUNDAY TRIBUNE COLUMN 6 MARCH 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Williams' first gig was at the 44th Midwest Solid State conference.
In a parallel rock 'n' roll universe, Williams was profiled by a reporter from Physics Today, who wrote a feature about her second gig, at the US Particle Accelerator School at Berkeley.
Williams believes "there are a lot of girls and women out there missing a great adventure".
www.ethos.org /physics_chanteuse.html   (786 words)

  
 JLab in the News - Physics Professor's High-Energy Show Turns Kids On
With music by Madonna blasting in the background, Lynda Williams jumped up and down in her slinky fl outfit, ponytail tossing from side to side.
Williams realized that to talk about the big questions, such as where people come from, she needed to know about science.
Williams writes some of her material using well-known songs and composes her own music for the rest.
www.jlab.org /news/articles/1999/kids.html   (547 words)

  
 Lynda Williams: MS, Physics, 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: )
For Lynda Williams, MS 1998 (see her home page), science and entertainment are a perfect mix in her world of physics and pop culture.
Williams invented the Physics Chanteuse while a graduate student of physics in 1996, writing and performing the "Cosmic Cabaret: the Proto Show" at an experimental theater in San Francisco.
Williams has a master's of science in physics from San Francisco State University and bachelor's of arts in mathematics from California State University, Sacramento.
www.physics.sfsu.edu /alumni/careers/lwilliam.html   (282 words)

  
 Physics A-Go-Go / S.F. State teacher sings the praises of science in her nighttime gig
Lynda Williams is not that kind of physicist.
Williams, 36, is a former horse trainer from Auburn who decided that physics was not all that hard after all, and got herself a master's degree in it.
Williams is perhaps the only physics professor in these parts who hands out 8-by-10 glossies of herself, and certainly the only one whose curriculum vitae includes a stint as lead dancer on the ``Go-Go Show'' on cable TV.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/11/26/MN59752.DTL   (715 words)

  
 Lynda Williams - Order of Prohibition - 00-1001-II
WHEREAS, Lynda Williams has executed a Stipulation and Consent to Issuance of an Order of Prohibition, which is accepted and approved by the National Credit Union Administration acting through its counsel; and
3.   Consent.  Lynda Williams consents to the issuance by the NCUA Board of the accompanying Order of Prohibition.  She further agrees to comply with its terms upon issuance and stipulates that the Order complies with all requirements of the Federal Credit Union Act.
4.   Waivers.  Lynda Williams waives her right to the administrative hearing provided for in Section 206(g)(4) of the Federal Credit Union Act, 12 U.S.C. §1786(g)(4).  She further waives her right to seek judicial review of the Order of Prohibition or to otherwise challenge the validity of legality of the Order.
www.ncua.gov /administrative_orders/Admin/2000/00-1001-II.htm   (359 words)

  
 Lynda Williams ~ Patterns of Identity, Textiles in Aotearoa, New Zealand
She acknowledges the inspiration of her mother who was artistic and started Lynda's interest in textiles.
Lynda also does one-off commissions, working closely with the client to achieve their look.
Lynda produces her own colour range and a unique "contemporary Northland Pacific" design, inspired by the local coastal area.
www.textiles.org.nz /profiles/lyndaw   (201 words)

  
 Freight and Salvage: Holly Gwinn Graham, Joel Landy, Lynda Williams
Lynda Williams, physicist and chanteuse, has created an amazing, multimedia cabaret act about "Star Wars" that is both dizzying and politically keen.
Lynda is in great demand and has performed across the US, including in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Washington DC.
Physicist and chanteuse Lynda Williams has created an amazing, politically keen multimedia cabaret act about "Star Wars." She has performed across the U.S., from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. All three performed at the Global Network's May 2002 conference in Berkeley.
www.freightandsalvage.com /2002/october/info_07.html   (408 words)

  
 The Road to Okal Rel: An Interview with Lynda Williams - Great Writing Creative Writing Community
Lynda's debut Okal Rel novel, Throne Price was released in 2002 and like another sci-fi epic currently enjoying its last cinematic hurrah, the first book was actually Episode IV in the series.
Throne Price by Lynda and Alison Sinclair is available directly from Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing (whose website also features extracts from Courtesan Prince) or from Amazon UK, who helpfully list it as being written by 'Lynda William and Alastair Sinclair'.
Lynda is looking to widen the circle of ORU writers, and submissions are open for the next Okal Rel Anthology.
www.greatwriting.co.uk /content/view/541   (3767 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Cosmic Cabaret: Music: Lynda Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The songs and media clips on this CD are some of the 'greatest hits' from 5 years of Cosmic Cabarets and performances by Lynda Williams as The Physics Chanteuse.
All songs and media were created and produced by Lynda Williams in her home digital studio.
Lynda Williams is playnig with pop- and rock-musical styles and with concepts and theories of modern physics.
www.amazon.com /Cosmic-Cabaret-Lynda-Williams/dp/B00004XS67   (673 words)

  
 Lynda Williams - Vortex Pacific Textiles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lynda Williams draws inspiration for her award-winning textiles from the Whangarei landscape and its beaches - an area she describes as the undiscovered hub of the North.
The owner and designer of Vortex Pacific Textiles, Lynda moved from Pahia to Whangarei about 12 years ago, after graduating with a diploma in textile and clothing design from Northland Polytechnic.
This clever designer knew she wanted to launch her own textile brand and initially spent time in Auckland, which she thought would be the natural site for her business.
www.whangareinz.com /features_lynda.htm   (376 words)

  
 Special News
Lynda Williams, the physics chanteuse, is belting out her own lyrics to Madonna's "Material Girl." Behind the former go-go dancer and current college physics instructor, a slide projector flashes images normally reserved for science fairs.
The search for public support fits in perfectly with the personal mission of Lynda Williams, the physics chanteuse.
Williams wrote her version of "Material Girl" in a special effort to reach girls -- the message being that young people must become scientifically literate if they're going to master today's high-tech world.
www.jlab.org /news/internet/1999/partytime.html   (1033 words)

  
 LMT Tech Resource Store: Books : Throne Price   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Congratulations to authors Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair for this first book in what promises to be a best-selling series.
Collaboratively co-written by Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair, Throne Price is an impressively presented science fiction saga of conflict and tension between a hierarchical empire of genetically modified humans and a republic that embraces computer technology.
The authors, Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair, have created a complex future universe over many years of collaboration.
www.elise.com /lmtstore/1894063066/Throne_Price.html   (383 words)

  
 Interview Page   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lynda: My mother had an electric type writer when I was a small child she would write stories for us and then tell them to us at bedtime.
She always encouraged us to write and we were allowed to use the type writer whenever we wanted.
Lynda: I am very interested in teaching children about their rights and the responsibilities that go along with being an American.
home.earthlink.net /~letslearn/id2.html   (725 words)

  
 * Lynda Williams * The Physics Chanteuse * Cosmic Cabaret *   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lynda Williams, physics instructor at SF State University and former go-go dancer, produces and performs science musicals for both scientists and the general public.
As The Physics Chanteuse, Williams performs custom cabaret-style shows for academic organizations and corporate clients that are scientifically and technologically sophisticated and tailored to the audience.
Williams performs music that ranges in style from pop to jazz to hardrock to rap in front of a multimedia backdrop of hit-tech scientific images and visualizations.
www.entersci.com /showinfo.html   (342 words)

  
 Meet Lynda Williams - 'the physics chanteuse' (February 2000) - Review - PhysicsWeb
At the time she was a graduate physics student at San Francisco State University and realized that the best way to combine her interests in science and art was to become a science entertainer.
She now performs her songs as part of a "cabaret-style musical act" and has even become a minor celebrity on the physics-conference circuit, where she creates a customized "cabaret show of songs and repartee", usually performed at the event's banquet.
Williams has also taken her material out into US schools to get pupils turned on to science.
physicsweb.org /articles/review/13/2/2   (277 words)

  
 Home of the Okal Rel Science Fiction Series
The character-driven stories tackle themes of culture clash in a context where all-out war is so horrific it is all but obsolete, but passions still run high.
Too big to be restricted to the main series, the ORU is also the setting of related works by both origin author, Lynda Williams, and votary authors, published by Windstorm Creative.
Author Lynda Williams lives in Prince George, BC, Canada.
www.okalrel.org   (147 words)

  
 Journal: ALUMNI - Space is a Cabaret
If Lynda Williams were coining catch phrases, this would be her latest: Physics isn’t just a private club, it’s a modern priesthood.
She portrays the Physics Chanteuse, who Williams describes as a smart, savvy, silly and sexy science entertainer, a Bette Midler meets Carl Sagan meets Sandra Bernhard meets Bill Nye meets Laurie Anderson type of science entertainer.
Williams, who started out as a journalism major in college, credits Sac State professor James Phelps as her mentor.
www.csus.edu /pubaf/journal/fall2001/29spacecabaret.htm   (388 words)

  
 Lynda Williams
Lynda Williams received her B.A. in English (1989) and her M. Ed.
She taught middle school language arts for six years in OsceolaCounty, Florida, and served as the K-12 Language Arts Resource Specialistfor Osceola District Schools.
Lynda lives in Longwood with her husband,Steve, and her sons, Derek, Jason and Luke.
www.flvs.net /_about_us/staff/Lynda_Williams   (156 words)

  
 News Archive
Lynda Williams will be teaching a writers workshop for aspiring and accomplished Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers in Prince George BC.
Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair will be attending Norwescon April 17-20 2003, Con-Version XX August 15-17, 2003 and TorCon 3 August 28 - September 1, 2003.
Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair were kept very busy at Rustycon.
www.edgewebsite.com /news.html   (2583 words)

  
 Rambles: Lynda Williams & Alison Sinclair, Throne Price
Much value is placed on genetic purity, with the ruler being referred to as "Pureblood." The Ava (ruler) is the pureblood with the most Houses sworn to him or her.
It's easy enough to call it science fiction, but like all good science fiction, it examines deeper issues: loyalty, love, propriety, sexual relationships (heterosexuality, homosexuality and incest) and family values, among others.
Authors Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair treat each of these subjects -- even the most difficult ones -- fairly.
www.rambles.net /williams_thrprice03.html   (274 words)

  
 Throne Price, by Lynda Williams and Alison Sinclair
THRONE PRICE, by Lynda Williams and myself, is the first published book of a projected series about descendents of Earth colonists for whom Earth is more myth than memory.
Gradually, however, Lynda's part of the universe proved the more playable (though the Burdanians went on to their own destiny) and she cheerfully made room for a sitting tenant.
Note added in November 2001: The five-and-a-half degrees is now six; the number of moves increased by two (mine); the children still stand at three; I forgot to add the rabbit, hamster and two cats (Lynda's); and Lynda wrote a poem to honour the "Alison is on the phone" phenomenon.
www.sff.net /people/asinclair/wriprice.html   (813 words)

  
 Newsletters of the SFSU College of Science & Engineering Alumni Chapter
Her "Hi Tech Girl" is a take on Madonna’s "Material Girl." Indeed, Williams could be called the ultimate "high-tech girl," bringing video, web technology and physics together with cabaret’s singing, dancing and repartee.
In the tradition of cabaret, Williams satirizes many of the most provocative political and ethical issues in science today, like women in science, funding, and nuclear and energy policies.
Lynda Williams can be reached at lwilliam@stars.sfsu.edu, or visit her multimedia web site at http://cannon.sfsu.edu/grad/lwilliam/.
www.sfsu.edu /~science/newsletters/fall1997/alumnidomain.html   (560 words)

  
 Earth Change News on Earth Changes TV on the Web
Physicist and performance artist Lynda Williams is bringing her nationally acclaimed "Cosmic Cabaret" to Tucson March 26, courtesy of the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Public Evening Lecture Series.
A San Francisco State University physics and astronomy teacher by day, Williams morphs on stages around the country into a professional dancer and singer known as the Physics Chanteuse, presenting a multimedia MTV-style astrophysics revue with original songs, parodies, and repartee.
Formerly media manager at the San Francisco Art Institute, Williams began writing songs when a graduate student in physics at San Francisco State University.
www.earthchangestv.com /breaking/March2001/0309steward.htm   (404 words)

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