On Nov 7, 2009, the Board of Trustees and the Wonderfest Advisory Board presented this award to Tucker Hiatt, for his tireless efforts in bringing Wonderfest to the Bay Area for its 11th year.
The inscription reads: “For illuminating our universe with the spirit of wonder. Tucker Hiatt.” It is followed by the quote, “We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers” – Carl Sagan
The glass figurette you see sitting atop the base is a Klein bottle, donated to us by ACME Klein Bottle <kleinbottle.com>. Having the form of a question mark, it is zero-volume, one-sided, boundary-free, non-orientable manifold. What?
