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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: Pictures
Next up in our series of science-themed Christmas ornaments are these two dinosaurs: Why? Because dinosaurs are awesome. Seriously, do you really need to ask?...
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Category: Science
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2010 goes to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for giving people a reason to care about palladium. OK, it might not be the only reason-- I'm not actually sure what palladium...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:33 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
There's a new medical study of the effects of alcohol consumption that finds a surprising result: Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than 2 times increased mortality risk, heavy drinkers had 70%...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:42 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Booklog
We picked up a used copy of Charles Mann's pop-archeology book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus a while back. I didn't read it at the time, because I was a little afraid that it would be rather...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:20 AM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The New York Times today has a story with the provocative title Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences, about a program at Mount Sinai that allows students to go to med school without taking the three things most dreaded...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:55 AM • 48 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pictures
Looking for something else, I was reminded of some pictures I took a week or two ago. This one came out pretty well: This also reminds me that it's a really nice day here in Niskayuna, and I shouldn't be...
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Category: Laser Smackdown
As of 1:45 Monday, 217 people have cast votes in the Laser Smackdown poll. That's not bad, but it's currently being handily beaten by the 271 people who have voted for a favorite system of units. The nice thing about...
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Category: Science
A neighbor pointed out to me yesterday that there's a big hole in our clapboard siding that was made by some sort of bird. This morning, I got a picture of the culprit: I'm not quite certain why the animal...
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Category: Lasers
What's the application? Optical tweezers use focused light beams to trap small particles in the focus of the beam, and drag them around by moving the beam. What problem(s) is it the solution to? 1) "How do we move these...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:42 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Publicity
... are welcome in the DogPhysics Pet Gallery. Even aquatic ones: We've currently got seventeen dogs, six cats, two horses, a lizard, and these fish. If you've got a pet, of whatever species, and a copy of How to Teach...
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