State Rep. Jon Woods, who’s seeking a Senate seat this year, has other weighty matters on his plate. From his Facebook page:
If your interested in Time Travel or a fan of Albert Einstein please clear out this Friday at 400pm. I’ve asked the U of A to fly down Theoretical Physicist Dr. Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut to give a colloquium Friday 400pm Room 133 in the Physics Building followed by a book signing. Dr. Mallett has been on the history channel, discovery and CNN about his time machine theories. We are looking at building the worlds first time machine on campus in Fayetteville using lasers to twist space. In the science community it is called “frame dragging”. Watch this link below [above] to get better understanding.
If Woods, a UA marketing grad who plays bass in a rock band, could only work out this machine soon enough, he could find out now if he’s going to win that Senate primary in May. I’ve sent him a note asking about who’s underwriting the cost of his visiting lecturer and who’s participating in the time machine construction project.
UPDATE II: Several days after I posted this, I did get a Facebook message from Jon Woods:
I asked the Physics Department if they would consider Dr. Mallett to be part of the Physics Department’s lecture series for the semester. They agreed and flew him down. My posting of the subject was to generate more public interest in physics, nanotechnology, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general theory of of relativity. “Time Machine” was used as the hook to draw interest. It was a fun week.
UPDATE: Jon Woods doesn’t deign to respond, but I did get a prompt and nice and even humorous explanation from the University of Arkansas’s Charlie Allison, managing editor in the office of university relations: