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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: Blogs
Theorem: The worthiness of a blog post on a political or social topic is inversely proportional to the number of times derisive nicknames are used to refer to the author's opponents....
Posted by Chad Orzel at 5:05 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
I almost forgot about yesterday's anniversary-- I didn't think of it at all until the fulsome tribute before Thursday night's football game. I actually waffled for a bit about whether to put up the annual moment-of-silence post. It's been eight...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: War
Former NBA player Manute Bol spoke on campus last night. Bol, who was born in southern Sudan, is currently working with a group called Sudan Sunrise to promote peace and reconciliation efforts in that country, and specifically to build a...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Checking in from Cairo, Senior Uncertain Principles Middle East Correspondant Paul Schemm, with a wire story titled "Ultraconservative Islam on Rise in Mideast": Critics worry that the rise of Salafists in Egypt, as well as in other Arab countries such...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:49 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: War
And now, a report from Uncertain Principles's Senior Middle East Correspondent, checking in from Yemen in the wake of the attack on the US Embassy there: For years, the Yemeni government has let some al-Qaida figures and other Islamic extremists...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: War
Fred Clark of Slacktivist points to the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and specifically their Banners Across America project: NRCAT is making June the month for Banners Across America! We are asking congregations of all sizes, from every state, and...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:22 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
I bought this thinking it was probably worth a few bucks to see how Matt reads without a distracting typo every four lines, and that I could always give it to my father when I was done.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:25 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
A Times reporter and Union Alum speaks on campus about Guantanamo Bay, the "War on Terror" and the media in general.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:51 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Class Issues
Via Inside Higher Ed, the Boston Globe reports that the Pentagon opposes increasing GI Bill funding. Why? Because if they gave them full tuition, eligible soldiers might not re-enlist: Now, five years into the Iraq conflict, a movement is gathering...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:40 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
