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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.
You've read the blog, now try the books! How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is published by Scribner, and available wherever books are sold. How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog is published by Basic Books and will be available 2/28/2012, as foretold by the Maya.
"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: Book Writing
I'm looking at an email from my editor when Emmy wanders by the computer, sniffing around just in case a crumb of food has fallen on the floor in the last five minutes. "Hey," I say, "Come here and look...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:31 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Writing
I've been going through the manuscript for the book making up a list of glossary words (a frighteningly long list), and also noting miscellaneous pop-cultural references-- quotes, direct mentions, paraphrases, etc. I'm sure I've missed a few-- many of them...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 4:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Dog
"Hey, Dude, what'cha doin'?" "I'm checking out the dog drawings I commissioned for the book-in-progress. Here, take a look:" "Hey, wait just one minute. That looks like me!" "That's the idea. Since you're in the book, I thought it would...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:27 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Writing
Regular blogging has been interrupted this week not only because I jetted off to southern MD but because this week was the due date for the manuscript of the book-in-progress. It's now been sent off to my editor, and thus...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:05 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
I've got draft versions of all the chapters of the book-in-progress now, which is great. Of course, when you add up all the words in those chapters, it comes to 92,000, when the contract calls for 70,000. Which means I've...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 3:09 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Writing
Blogging will continue to be minimal, as I'm buried in grading, and feeling significant time pressure regarding the book-in-progress. I thought I'd pop up briefly, though, to provide a look at the current status of the book-in-progress. The way this...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:31 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Writing
Fall term classes ended yesterday, officially-- my last class was Friday-- so I'm shifting over to spend more time working on the sequel to How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, which involves talking to Emmy about relativity. Progress has...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:13 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Sales
Between my long-ago high-school French and Google Translate, I can tell that this is a good review of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. It does note, though, that reading the book requires knowledge of English to understand it,...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:31 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Progress Report
Oddly enough, it turns out that writing a book with a rambunctious toddler in the house is a much slower process than writing a book pre-toddler. Imagine that. Anyway, as I did during the writing stages of How to Teach...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:18 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book Writing
"Hey, dude, whatcha doin'?" "Signing these contracts. I'm not sure why they need four copies, but they do." "Contracts for what?" "The new book. Remmeber, the one we've been talking about these last few weeks? Sequel-of-sorts to How to Teach...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:04 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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