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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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Physics with Emmy:

Only Seven Weeks Left...

Category: Publicity

... until the release of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. The official release is set for December 22nd, though the books are set to start printing in about three weeks. Exciting, isn't it? Are you excited about 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

Category: Publicity

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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A. O. Scott Is an Ignoramus

Category: Physics

Film critic A. O. Scott can't even be bothered to get the right names for the crucial scientific principles that he waves off as "complex and esoteric." This is a pretty sad showing, given that I can explain them to my dog.

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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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Ask a Physicist's Dog

Category: Publicity

Emmy is taking and answering physics questions on Twitter, tag #dogphysics. If you've got a question about physics, and have been dying to know how a dog would answer it, here's your chance.

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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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Physics for Dragons

Category: Physics with Emmy

One of our poetry contest winners has been reading his proof copy of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, and posted some comments. Actually, it was posted last week, but I was at Worldcon, and not dealing with much...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Owes Emmy a Cookie

Category: Physics with Emmy

I'm watching an episode of NOVA scienceNOW (eccentric capitalization makes it hip!), and Neil deGrasse Tyson is doing a segment on extrasolar planets. I'm only half listening, because I'm also trying to keep SteelyKid from trying to eat any of...

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Canine Poll: Do You Know Your Enemy?

Category: Dog

I've got a couple more things to say about Unscientific America, probably, but I opted for some more David Foster Wallace last night, and don't feel like typing them up now, so I'll give you all a break. Anyway, what...

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