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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.

Chad Orzel "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, the Queen of Niskayuna Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.

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Judging a Book's Cover

Category: Publicity

The pictures I posted last night aren't really the greatest for seeing the cover of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, so here's a shot of the book jacket spread out on my desk: This isn't the greatest, either,...

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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is a Real Book!

Category: Book Writing

Look! How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is a real book: Emmy says, very seriously, "You will buy a copy, won't you?" Of course, like everything else in this house, SteelyKid had to grab a copy:...

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I Can Haz Books!

Category: Publicity

It's not often that I regret having a cell phone that is just a phone, but this is one of those occasions-- I stopped by my publisher today to talk about marketing and publicity, and record a video for the...

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DonorsChoose Payoff: Duality and Self-Promotion

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A response to a reader question, and a sample chapter of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog.

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Publishers Weekly on How to Teach Physics to Your Dog

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In this week's issue of Publishers Weekly there's a short review (scroll down) of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog (which will be released December 22): How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Chad Orzel. Scribner, $24 (288p) ISBN...

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The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo

Category: Science Books

There has been a fair amount of discussion of Graham Farmelo's The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom-- Peter Woit reviewed it on his blog, the New York Times reviewed it a couple of...

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Early Review of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog

Category: Publicity

One of the photo caption contest winners, Nick O'Neill, has finished his galley proof, and posted an early review of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Casual physics intro books are quite possibly the hardest subgenre of physics books...

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Book Report: Blurb-tastic

Category: Book Writing

A cosmologist, a science writer, three best-selling science fiction authors, a best-selling mystery novelist, and a Nobel laureate walk into a bar-- Oh, wait, that's not the opening to a joke. That's the list of people who have provided blurbs...

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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Poetry Contest

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The second of two contests for a chance to win an advance proof copy of my book six(-ish) months before you can buy it.

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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Caption Contest

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The first of two contests to win an advance proof copy of my book, six(-ish) months before you can buy it.

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