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Come to the first ever Born from the most advanced sciences, and the leading edge of technology, the Nano-Circus! brings you an unrivaled entertainment experience from the quantum world.

At Glowing Man! He's a human light show!¹

The Glommers, magic molecules that get together to form perfect crystals, ALL BY THEMSELVES!²

At Batteries NOT Required. A motor that runs forever, WITH NO POWER!³

brings this and much more to you at the low-low price of $36 for a whole day! Kids under 10 and seniors 65 or over are only $32!

Watch your local newspaper to see when Nano-Circus! is coming to your town!

LEGAL NOTICE:
¹The "Glowing Man" exhibit consists of several prepared slides of the Glowing Man's quantum dot-tagged spleen viewed through a microscope using a protective eyepiece filter. "Glowing Man" Stephen Arkliss may not be present.
²The term "see" is used in the sense of being able to detect. Neither the assembly process nor the crystals themselves can be seen, but both will be proven to occur using statistical anaylsis of AFM microscope data.
³"Batteries NOT Required" is a 60 minute panel discussion subtitled "Current issues in nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)," hosted by George M. Whitesides, PhD.


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