Rob Knop's Blog -- ramblings and rants about astronomy, cosmology, science education, general nerdism, and anything else.
Rob Knop earned a PhD in Physics from Caltech in 1997, and did a 5-year post-doc with the Supernova Cosmology Project, and contributed to the discovery of the accelerating Universe. He was an assistant professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt for 6 years before scattering out of academia. He now works for Linden Lab, the producers of Second LIfe. (Note: this is not an official site of Linden Lab! Although I work for Linden Lab, all content in this blog is posted without the review or approval of Linden Lab. All statements and opinions expressed here are my own.)
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October 16, 2007
Category: About the Blog
I am going to take a break from astronomy blogging for an indefinite period of time. I'm finding that as I'm involved in my new job, while I still do get a charge out of posts like the Big Bang...
Posted by Rob Knop at 8:30 AM • 23 Comments •
October 15, 2007
Category: Academia
Commenters convinced me to think twice, and they're right. Our system is screwed up. Never shed light on anything, because you're small and it could hurt you. If a festering wound exists somewhere, just try to get away. Don't try...
Posted by Rob Knop at 10:43 PM • 8 Comments •
October 11, 2007
Category: Intellectual Property
An hour or so ago I heard a story on NPR about California's new "Dead Celebrities" law. In a nutshell, it allows the heirs of a celebrity to control the use of that celebrity's image after said celebrity's death... even...
Posted by Rob Knop at 7:51 PM • 8 Comments •
October 10, 2007
Category: Astronomy Science
Astronomers have long assumed that supernovae are the source of at least most of the cosmic rays that hit Earth. Woah, slow down... cosmic rays? Right, you hear the term all the time, but do you really know what they...
Posted by Rob Knop at 6:50 PM • 7 Comments •
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