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Entertainer plans evening of high-tech song at Lab A new act is coming to Jefferson Lab for the April 22 Science Series. By day Lynda Williams is a physics instructor at San Francisco State University. But after dark she becomes a science entertainer who has been dubbed "the Madonna of Science" or "Physics Spice" as she belts out her own lyrics to the tunes of show hits and popular songs. Her lyrics are what make her unique in the entertainment world. She sings about science! "I think so many subjects in science are interesting and fascinating that they have intrinsic entertainment value," she recently told a reporter. Her version of Madonna's Material Girl goes: Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me / I think they're passé / if they can't talk about quantum theory / I just walk away... Chorus: We are living in a high tech world / and I am a high tech girl... She also has her own version of Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Williams' refrain is "carbon is a girl's best friend." The physics chanteuse will treat her audience to a better understanding of the science behind Jefferson Lab through song during her performance in the CEBAF Center auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. on April 22. The event is free and open to students and adults with an interest in science.
Last month she performed at the American Physical Society conference in Atlanta, Ga. She peppers her performances with dance, and science-related jokes and overhead slides.
Editor's note: If you have or know of a web site that could be informative or useful to Jefferson Lab staff, call the public affairs office at ext. 7689 or e-mail Linda Ware (ware@jlab.org).
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