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Eric Schulman is a PhD astronomer, author, and science humorist. One of his science humor articles, "The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less", has been translated into more than thirty languages and provided the inspiration for his humorous popular science book, A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac(R). His "History of the Universe in 60 Seconds or Less" slide show can be found on the United States National Science Foundation website.



Caroline Cox is a PhD astronomer, educator, and astronomy education consultant. She was a research assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia, where she studied galaxies and clusters of galaxies and taught introductory astronomy classes. Then she was an astronomy education specialist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, where she helped develop educational materials for the Explore the Universe exhibit. She currently teaches high school physics and astrophysics.



"Pat the Dean" was first published in 1998 in the Annals of Improbable Research (volume 4, number 6, page 28).