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Thoughts on physics, politics, and pop culture, by a physics professor at a small liberal arts college, plus occasional conversations with his dog.
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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.
"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)
Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.
Category: SAT Challenge
A blog run by the Washington Post featured a post on Monday about an adult taking and failing a standardized test, who was later revealed as school board member Rick Roach: Roach, the father of five children and grandfather of...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:10 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
We had a general faculty meeting today at work. As a general rule, I don't talk about the details of internal campus politics, and I am not going to discuss the substance of the meeting here. The new SAT was...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:32 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
The Blogger SAT Challenge made the front page of Slashdot last week, making a huge spike in the traffic here, and bringin this blog to the attention to this blog-- I've had a half-dozen emails and comments from students and...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
I'm shocked-- shocked-- to find that many of the respondants argued with the premise of the question, and wandered off on weird tangents...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:24 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
So, how did I score in the Blogger SAT Challenge? (Because this is all about me, after all...) Here's my entry. I'm not terribly proud of it, but it got a score of 4 from the graders. Looking more closely,...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:58 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
The average blogger scores below the average high-school student on the SAT essay section.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:27 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SAT Challenge
Presenting the Official Blogger SAT Challenge Site.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:56 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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