Cartoons

Tom Gauld

Artist's web site https://www.tomgauld.com.

These cartoons were created for the New Scientist magazine.

"I've worked here for ten years, but I'm still not sure which floor my lab is on."
"This is the archive for the impossible objects department. But I don't go in there because it makes me feel dizzy."
Department of experimental geometry
You're in luck! We've got one copy left. Just go up the stairs and ask at the desk on the next level.
That's the department of paradoxial geometry, but don't ask me about their research: I can't even understand the building.