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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.
You've read the blog, now try the book: How to Teach Physics to Your Dog will be published December 22nd by Scribner.
"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: Booklog
It's been a while since I did a straight-up booklog post here, but most of what I've been reading lately hasn't really demanded one. I picked this up the other day after seeing a pile of them in the front...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:54 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Books
Michael Brooks's 13 Things That Don't Make Sense turned up on a lot of "Best science books of 2008" lists, and the concept of a book about scientific anomalies seemed interesting, so I ordered it from Amazon. It's a quick...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 4:18 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
Or, Brian Greene Writes a Kid's Book... This is a very odd book. It's printed on boards, like a book for very small children, but the story is a bit beyond what I would imagine reading to a normal kid...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:26 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
I was up late watching my Giants play the Carolina Panthers (they won in OT-- now you see the importance of Brandon Jacobs), and today is a Baby Day, so I have no deep thoughts to blog. So here are...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:23 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics Books
This is an excellent book, and I'm already planning to add it to the "further reading" list and at least one footnote of my own book-in-progress.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:32 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
"This is counterknowledge: misinformation packaged to look like fact-- packaged so effectively, indeed, that the twenty-first century is facing a pandemic of credulous thinking. "
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:14 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
This is a really difficult book to describe. The promotional site name-checks the obvious people-- Phillip K. Dick, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins-- but the problem with that is that every halfway literary SF book out there has those names plastered all over the marketing. They don't really tell you much beyond what category of reader the book is being aimed at.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:50 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Books
This isn't a book that will suit all tastes-- far from it-- but if you've read and liked other things by Wallace, it's worth a read. You'll never look at pure math the same way again.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 5:14 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science Books
I've said once or twice that it would be fun to build a GenEd science class around the title "A Brief History of Timekeeping." If I ever decide to try it, this book will be essential: it's brief, wonderfully clear, and a thoroughly enjoyable read. I definitely recommend it.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 3:56 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Richard Reeves is probably best known for writing biographies of American Presidents (Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan), so it's a little strange to see him turn his hand to scientific biography. This is part of Norton's "Great Discoveries" series (which inexplicably...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:38 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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