Figures & data
Figure 1. It may look like a picnic in the park (a), but pulling together an exhibit (b) for such a vast number of visitors from different backgrounds does actually require some thought, planning and logistics.
Figure 2. It may not immediately be clear, but I am in fact explaining the selective reflection of circularly polarised light exhibited by some beetles.
Figure 3. An estimated number of 10,000 visitors came to our stand to learn about liquid crystals, their properties and their applications. Tim Sluckin is trying hard to convince the other guy with a hat, that there really is so much more to liquid crystals than just flat panel displays.
Figure 4. The stand really was a 12 hours per day activity over nearly two weeks. It was simply overwhelming to experience the response of the public, and to see how interested everyone was in the science of liquid crystals.
