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Thoughts on physics, politics, and pop culture, by a physics professor at a small liberal arts college, plus occasional conversations with his dog.
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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.
"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: Personal
SteelyKid is a fan of a web game called BumperStars, which my parents introduced her to. If I'm at the computer doing something, she'll march over, demand to be picked up, then point at the screen and say "Buh-Pah" until...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 4:07 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Cheryl Morgan has a post urging people to nominate for the Hugo Awards. While I don't place the same priority she does on the gender distribution of who gets nominated, I applaud her for doing this now, while there's a...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:11 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
One of the few sad things about the recent American domination of physics (says the American physicist) is that new physical phenomena are now mostly given boring, prosaic American English names. Don't get me wrong, I like being able to...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:46 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Over at Dot Physics (which might be the best physics blog in the world at the moment), Rhett Allain has a pair of posts exploring the physics of Fantastic Contraption. The posts don't really lend themselves to excerpting, so you...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:49 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video Games
By request: Below the fold, video evidence of its demonic nature:...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 12:53 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video Games
"What'cha doin'?" "Huh? Oh, I'm playing with the Spore Creature Creator. It's a videogame thing, that lets me design little computerized critters." "What sort of critters?" "All kinds of things. I could even make one that looks sort of like...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:41 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
