Welcome to this very-carefully-posed edition of Thursday Toddler Blogging: That’s Kate and SteelyKid reading The Cat in the Hat,shot from a slightly odd angle so as to hide the wicked shiner that SteelyKid is sporting, thanks to a tumble down the stairs on Tuesday morning (while I was getting ready to take her to the… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 110410
Month: November 2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Spanish Dog
I can’t resist interrupting the relatively productive day I’m having working on the new book to point you to Conversación de fÃsica con mi perro, the Spanish-language edtion of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, which sports this spiffy cover: I haven’t seen a physical copy of this yet, but the vanity search turned… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Spanish Dog
The Unexpected Leaping Ability of Bovines
I’m spending the day trying to get some work done on the book-in-progress, so I’m avoiding both work- and blog-related stuff. I don’t want to leave the site completely quiet, though, so here’s a question to ponder, relating to SteelyKid’s continuing fascination with Goodnight Moon: How does a cow jump over the moon? The father… Continue reading The Unexpected Leaping Ability of Bovines
Links for 2010-11-04
Blog U.: 7 Ways College Has Improved Since 91 – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed “We spend so much time worrying about what is wrong with our U.S. higher ed system that it is easy to lose sight of how much the system has improved over the past 20 years. This is a… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-04
Massive Giveaway: Guess the Number, Win a Book
In a case of poor communication between publicists, I have ended up with not one but two advance copies of Massive by Ian Sample, a forthcoming book about the Higgs Boson. As I barely have time to read one, I don’t remotely need two; thus, I will dispose of one with a really simple contest:… Continue reading Massive Giveaway: Guess the Number, Win a Book
Warped Passages by Lisa Randall
I have nothing useful or interesting to say about electoral politics, but I suspect that’s all people will want to read about today. So here’s a book post that’s been backlogged for quite a while. Lisa Randall’s Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions dates from 2005, and was, I think, part… Continue reading Warped Passages by Lisa Randall
Links for 2010-11-03
Motorcycle tablecloth trick: could it be done? | Wired Science | Wired.com “After watching this episode, a colleague had a great question: “How fast would the MythBusters have to go to make this trick work?” Interesting. In their last attempt, they had the motorcycle going around 100 mph. It did’t work, but some of the stuff… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-03
Best. Lab. EVER.
Today’s a lab day in my main class for the term, with a fairly involved experiment to measure the charge-to-mass ratio of the electron. This is going to be all kinds of fun, because 1) I can’t get into the room to set anything up until an hour before the start of class, and 2)… Continue reading Best. Lab. EVER.
Obligatory Civic Duty Reminder
If you’re in the US, go vote. Preferably for a candidate who isn’t barking mad, but ultimately that’s between you and your conscience. If you’re not in the US, or you’ve already voted, enjoy some cute, as SteelyKid is first skeptical about the idea of lots of kids in masks visiting the house:
Socialization of Toddlers
In last weekend’s post about arguments from innate differences, I suggested that I might be willing to illustrate my position with adorable toddler pictures. On thinking more about it, I’m a little hesitant to write about this at length, because it could easily topple over into arrogant-physicist territory. But then, it’s an excuse to post… Continue reading Socialization of Toddlers