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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: Conferences
Blogging has been light of late because I was in the Houston area for the weekend, at the annual meeting of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society (think Phi Beta Kappa, but for science nerds). Every chapter is required...
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Category: Academia
My panel on "Communicating Science in the 21st Century" was last night at the Quantum to Cosmos Festival at the Perimeter Institute. I haven't watched the video yet-- Canadian telecommunications technology hates me, and I'm lucky to get a wireless...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:49 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conferences
In the last couple of weeks, I have suddenly acquired a rather full travel schedule for the coming months. The odd thing is that none of these trips are book-publicity junkets-- they're all basically professional-type appearances, several of them taking...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:56 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
You have eighteen minutes to talk to a general audience about something you find fascinating, and you can't use PowerPoint. What do you talk about?
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Category: Conferences
I'm giving an exam this morning, then taking the afternoon off for my annual hoops overdose, so there won't be much physics commentary here for the next few days. If you want hot physics news, though, there are a bunch...
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Category: Conferences
Peer review, dogs eating frogs, and the power of Google.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 12:25 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
John Willinsky on open access and the Public Knowledge Project.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:07 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Conferences
I've seen a lot of neat stuff discussed at the Science in the 21st Century meeting, some of which I'll talk about in more detail later, when I have more time to think. One of the most interesting experiences of...
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