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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.
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CHART ATTACK!: 11/20/76 | Popdose "I keep trying to figure out what this song is really trying to say in its subtext -- but no, I'm pretty sure it's actually about two muskrats courting. I know I said this...
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Seeing Laser Beams : Built on Facts "I have to say it's a nice job perk that I can see old science fiction tropes come to life pretty much every day." (tags: science physics optics blogs built-on-facts lasers) blarg?...
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Zeroth Order Approximation: Summary dismissal "Not every civil court case proceeds to trial. Some are settled "out of court" by the parties involved. Others are settled by the judge in a "summary dismissal" or "summary judgment". The suit is...
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Why Wine Ratings Are Badly Flawed - WSJ.com "[A] 1996 study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology showed that even flavor-trained professionals cannot reliably identify more than three or four components in a mixture, although wine critics regularly report...
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Michael Nielsen » The Wikipedia Paradox "To determine whether any given subject deserves an entry, Wikipedia uses the criterion of notability. This lead to an interesting question: Question 1: What's the most notable subject that's not notable enough for...
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10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don't | GeekDad | Wired.com "1. Munroe's Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument. This law supersedes Godwin, so that...
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WTF, Aerosmith? WTF? | Popdose "Never has there been a band so unbelievably great and so sadly shitty at the same time. That, to me, is the Aerosmith legacy, and it's only bound to get worse. Yet, there is...
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Physics Buzz: Best physics inventions of 2009 "TIME magazine has announced the 50 best inventions of 2009. NASA's Ares family of rockets was a shoo-in for best invention, given the recent launch of Ares 1-X, the family's test rocket....
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Das Kriegstagebuch von Dieter Finzen im 1. Weltkrieg - Wardiary of Dieter Finzen in WW1 Diary entries from a German soldier in WWI, posted 93 years after they were written. (tags: history war world blogs) WW1: Experiences of an...
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Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's Cat - Why you might want to live in ND... "My rural area friends have commented on this same trend. Most kids don't do anything unsupervised in cities and spend all of...
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