The Committee of the Royal Academy of Scientific History is again soliciting scientists, inventors, costumers, and tinkerers to present their latest discoveries, inventions, and research. We are open to proposals from all school levels, sciences, and interested laypersons. Since the Bay Area English Regency Society (BAERS) focuses on the historical period surrounding the English Regency -- roughly 1790 to 1830 -- we're attempting to create a "science fair" as it might have been done in the Regency. Many branches of science and technology, some now discredited, were born at this time.

Presentations may include, but are not limited to:

Demonstrations Dioramas Posters Lectures	Craft projects Models Experiments Inventions

We are especially seeking presentations on such topics as engineering, mathematics, medicine, undersea exploration, and other scientific and technological matters. Presentations that invite audience participation are particularly welcome. However, feel free to propose your own work for the Academy's rigorous review. You are not limited to the sciences studied in England. Merely remember that nobody at the fair, including you, will know any scientific discoveries from later than approximately 1830. Any idea, however outrageous, will be considered for inclusion. The committee fully appreciates the fact that the greatest scientific minds were ridiculed in their time.

Deadline to sign up as a participant in the science fair is April 15th, 2005.

We will welcome interested onlookers throughout the afternoon. There may even be a spot of dancing at the end of the afternoon -- even scientists enjoyed a good dance or two.

Would you like to participate? Join the mailing list at http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/sciencefair.html.,
or contact Vanessa Schnatmeier at meier@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu or (650) 365-2913