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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: Politics
Here's a partial list of Important Events from my lifetime that I've heard at least one person use in a "I remember where I was when ______" type essay or discussion. Which of them do you remember that way?
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:47 AM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
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