SLAC professors who have won Nobel prizes: 3
Publications generated each year by SLAC's science program: 600-700
U.S. websites established earlier than SLAC's: 0
Weight, in tons, of the BaBar particle detector, which identifies the charge and mass of particles: 1,000
Average weight, in tons, of a male African elephant: 5
Number of AA batteries that would be required to produce the electron voltage at which the linear accelerator runs: 30 billion
Number of times that a chain of 30 billion batteries would stretch to the moon and back: 2
Universities that make use of SLAC's resources: 147
SOURCES: SLAC director's office; www.slac.stanford.edu; askjeeves.com
