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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
Two noteworthy things in the meta-blog category: 1) The 3 Quarks Daily science blogging prize nominations are up, and it's a great list of sciencey bloggy goodness. If you're looking for a way to procrastinate, you could kill several days...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:26 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen bloggers commenting on Tom Hanks's appearance on The Daily Show, in which he talks about CERN: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cTom Hanksthedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:47 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
A little while ago, I was pointed to Jim Munger's blog, which is full of ranting about various topics. Not quite to the standards of alt.peeves, back in the day, but some of it is entertaining. It also includes several...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:33 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
I'm speaking, of course, about this past weekend's Bloggingheads conversation between Jennifer Ouellette and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky. They both blog at Cocktail Party Physics, and Diandra has written The Physics of NASCAR. It's a good Bloggingheads, covering a wide range of...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:07 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Movies
Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How?
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:55 AM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
Arts & Letters Daily had a link to a City Journal article about religious symbolism in science fiction, which attempts to claim that there has been a recent swing toward Christian symbolism in the genre (at least, in movie and...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 2:57 PM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
The nominees for this year's Hugo Awards were announced last night. The most important category is, as always, Best Novel: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK) Little Brother by Cory...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:48 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
In an effort to wrest something positive from the smoking ruins of the fannish precincts of LiveJournal, a number of people (Kate included) have put together a community to raise money to provide financial assistance to fans of color who...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
Two announcements of science-related festivals have turned up in my email in the last week or so: The second annual World Science Festival will be held in New York June 10-14 this year. They feature an impressive array of speakers...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:25 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
We are now one week out from the deadline for Hugo Nominations. I'm eligible to nominate this year, and while a couple of past requests for recommendations have failed to generate anything, I thought I'd throw up a preliminary look...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:47 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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