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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.
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"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: SF
There is a fairly prominent strain of SF fandom which vehemently rejects all but the most superficial forms of literary analysis. This mostly seems to be due to bad experiences with English Lit classes in high school and/or college, at...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:18 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
How I voted for the 2009 Hugos, and why I voted that way.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:42 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
The Infinite Summer people got me to start re-reading Infinite Jest, but I'm not really going to attempt to hold to their proposed reading schedule. Not because I find it hard to find time to read, but because I have...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:33 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
In the Two Towers, Legolas claims to be able to distinguish details about the Riders of Rohan at a distance of five leagues. Is this consistent with physics?
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:55 AM • 55 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
Those clever Canadians have come up with a new idea for reaching high altitude without rocketry.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:56 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
Over at Tor.com, they've unveiled the new Tor.com store, enabling you to buy your books via your favorite SF publisher. It's pretty bare-bones at the moment, so the most worthwhile feature is probably the special picks feature, where they collect...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:35 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
A little while ago, I griped about the Short Story nominees for this year's Hugo Awards. I've now finished the nominees in the Novella and Novelette categories, so I thought I'd comment on them as well. As a general matter,...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:11 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
I've only read the Short Story nominees so far, and I have to say, I would vote for "No Award" five times if it was a choice between that and "Article of Faith" winning.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:38 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
The proprietor of Good Mom, Bad Mom emails to point out a post spinning off Monday's Goldilocks post. A good thing she did, as Technorati has collapsed into utter uselessness, at least for finding people who link to my posts....
Posted by Chad Orzel at 9:15 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
...what with his wife, Emily, giving birth to twins. It sounds like he's pretty happy with this state of affairs, though. Go leave him a congratulatory comment. Or, better yet, go buy one of his books-- they're great fun for...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 5:32 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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