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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: News
My father's a huge fan of the Weather Channel, something I've never really gotten into. I did watch a bunch of its hurricane coverage on Sunday, though, trying to figure out how my travel was going to be affected. Thus,...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 12:47 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Via Inside Higher Ed, a professor in New Jersey took the whole social media thing to the next level: A Fairleigh Dickinson University physics professor is in custody for allegedly running a prostitution website involving about 200 women and more...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:59 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I intended to do a big book-sales post today, but our DSL modem may be dead, so there was no Internet in Chateau Steelypips this morning, and I forgot to copy the relevant files onto a thumb drive, so it...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:09 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: News
As usual, the best commentary on this weekend's shootings comes from Jon Stewart: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cArizona Shootings Reactionwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire Blog</a>The Daily Show on Facebook If you prefer...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:02 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Category: World
A story to improve your opinion of humanity: Egypt's majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:52 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Journalism
No, this isn't another "How dare those journalists muddle the explanation of some scientific topic" post. The concept here is journalism itself, as seen in Ed Yong's discussion of different modes of science journalism. Writing about the recent World Conference...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:54 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Back in the fall, I got all caught up in the election, like everybody else, and I added a bunch of blogs to my RSS feeds in Google Reader. I'm thinking that I might need to cut back to pre-election...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:52 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Class Issues
the New York Times Magazine has a cover story this week about Barack Obama's efforts to reach working-class voters. The headline writers did it no favors by tagging it "Will gun-toting, churchgoing white guys pull the lever for Obama?," which...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:38 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: News
As noted at Making Light, the recent disasters in Iowa have depleted the American Red Cross's disaster relief fund, and they're borrowing money in order to keep running: "The disaster relief fund today is completely depleted. The balance is zero,"...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:23 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: News
There's been a lot said and written about Cyclone Nargis recently, and reading the coverage by Chris Mooney and others makes me feel a little like a Bad Person for not saying anything myself. But, really, what is there to...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:40 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
