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Rob Knop's Blog -- ramblings and rants about astronomy, cosmology, science education, general nerdism, and anything else.

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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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Spring 2007 Science Showdown : Orbit Region, Round 2 : Get Your Votes In Now!

Vote Early, Vote Often! Well, Vote Early, anyway. Which of these concepts from physical science should advance to the next round of the Showdown? Get your vote in before Tuesday night!

My Take on the Scientific Method (Basic Concepts)

My description of the scientific method -- that messy, involved process which can be summarized in the three words "applied common sense."

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