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"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog.

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Chad Orzel "Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)

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Popularization Is Its Own Reward?

Category: Academia

One of the major problems contributing to the dire situation described in Unscientific America is that the incentives of academia don't align very well with the public interest. Academic scientists are rewarded-- with tenure, promotion, and salary increases-- for producing...

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Unscientific America by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum

Category: Science

his is a very good book, well argued and engagingly written. There's a lot of good stuff here, and a lot of food for thought about the history and future of science in America. Even if you've read their blog, Unscientific America presents the most complete and coherent version of their basic policy argument you're likely to find, and it's well worth reading.

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Two Cultures in Beginnings and Endings

Category: Two Cultures

Not long after I posted my comments about textbook prices, I went to a panel discussion on teaching, where a social scientist made an interesting observation about the ways different disciplines interact with books. In the humanities, the whole point...

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Publishers Weekly Snubs Science

Category: Science Books

Carl Zimmer sent me a message via Facebook, which made me think I might owe the New York Times an apology for last week's ranting. Publishers Weekly has come out with their list of the best books of the year,...

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Science Is Interested in You

Category: Science

I'm upset about the lack of science book coverage in the Times for the same reason that I'm upset with CNN shutting down its science division: these are symptoms of, and aggravating factors for the general societal disinterest in science.

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Science: 3.8% Notable

Category: Science Books

This year's New York Times Notable Books list includes two science books. Woo-hoo!

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Innumeracy on Parade

Category: Math

A Washington Post blogger proudly proclaims her ignorance of junior high school math and high school physics.

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What Humanists Think

Category: Academia

Last weekend's post, The Innumeracy of Intellectuals, has been lightly edited and re-printed at Inside Higher Ed, where it should be read by a larger audience of humanities types. They allow comments, so it will be interesting to see what...

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Two Cultures Round-Up

Category: Two Cultures

Because I am a Bad Person who thinks and types relatively slowly, I have been lax about following up to the many excellent posts that have been written in response to this weekend's two cultures posts. Let me attempt to...

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Interdisciplinarity

Category: Two Cultures

Timothy Burke has some interesting thoughts about the College of the Atlantic, which represents a real effort to build interdisciplinarity on an institutional level. "Interdisciplinary" is the buzzword of the moment in large swathes of academia, and the College of...

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