Eric Schulman is an Americanastronomer and sciencehumorist. Schulman received his bachelor's degree from UCLA and his PhD from the University of Michigan.[1] He is the author of A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac (1999) and has been a member of the editorial board of the Annals of Improbable Research since 1998. He sometimes uses the pen name E. Robert Schulman when writing science humor articles. Schulman was the first "Armchair Astrophysics" columnist for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Mercury Magazine (he was succeeded by Christopher Wanjek in 2001). An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... The scope of this article is limited to the empirical sciences. ... A humorist is an author who specializes in short, humorous articles or essays. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page â a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a print publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publications editorials will take. ... The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Parody science, sometimes called spoof science, is a parody of science. ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) was founded in San Francisco in 1889. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal. ...