The new book is out, which means it’s time for lots of promotional efforts and links to radio shows and news articles and that sort of thing. Such as this one: I’ll be talking about relativity and dog physics tomorrow night, Wednesday the 7th, on the Big Science radio program(me) at 9pm London time (in… Continue reading Calling London: Teaching Relativity to Your Dog on the Radio
Month: March 2012
A Brief History of Quantum Timekeeping
My course on the history and science of timekeeping has reached the home stretch, with students giving presentations in class for the remainder of the term. My portion of the course was wrapped up with two lectures on “quantum timkeeping,” as it were: a lecture on the development of quantum mechanics: History of Quantum Mechanics… Continue reading A Brief History of Quantum Timekeeping
Links for 2012-03-06
Voters Slowly Realizing Santorum Believes Every Deranged Word That Comes Out Of His Mouth | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source “I honestly thought he was just playing up to the far-right voters, because that’s what Republicans are supposed to do in the primaries,” said Grand Rapids, MI resident Dan Banks, who explained he… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-06
Take Our Books, Please
The birth of The Pip required converting our spare bedroom into a nursery, which is a small price to pay for such a cute little dude. Other than the fact that we were using that room to store a lot of our paper books. Which means those need to move somewhere else, somewhere that is… Continue reading Take Our Books, Please
How to Give a Good PowerPoint Lecture, 2012
My timekeeping course this term is a “Scholars Research Seminar,” which means it’s supposed to emphasize research and writing skills. Lots of these will include some sort of poster session at the end of the term, but I decided I preferred the idea of doing in-class oral presentations. Having assigned that, of course, I felt… Continue reading How to Give a Good PowerPoint Lecture, 2012
Links for 2012-03-05
What the research says | National Numeracy The Skills for Life survey (2011) measured the numeracy levels of 16 to 65 year-olds in England, finding that: 22% of the population (7.5 million adults) are working at Level 2 or above – roughly equivalent to A*-C at GCSE – compared with 26% (8.1million adults) in 2003.… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-05
Links for 2012-03-04
When There’s More To Winning Than Winning : NPR When last we left the NCAA, it was February madness, colleges were jumping conferences, suing each other, coaches were claiming rivals had cheated in recruiting — the usual nobility of college sports. And then, in the midst of all this, the men’s basketball team at Washington… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-04
Links for 2012-03-03
Making Light: Whisperado: Video! Release party! Free association! Now available on YouTube: the video for Whisperado’s “Teenage Popstar Girl.” Song written by Sobel / Nielsen Hayden / Mills. Video concept and direction by Dan Azarian. Whisperado does not normally perform in black suits and ties. Contents may settle during shipping. Contains nuts. On Making Yourself… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-03
Links for 2012-03-02
UPDATED X 6: YOU’RE RUINING NATHAN FILLION FOR ME, NATHAN FILLION. Alternate title: But I forgive you. — TheBloggess.com Conversation with my friend, Maile… me: Sooo…Nathan Fillion is making me doubt my own existence. Maile: Um…what? me: I’ve been asking him for a picture of himself holding twine for almost a year now, and he… Continue reading Links for 2012-03-02
Modern Parenting: A Snapshot
I’m driving down back roads through Niskayuna and Colonie, making a big pointless circle. Because we had a slightly rough morning, and I don’t want to wake up The Pip, who fell asleep in his car seat on the way home from lunch: And every time we come to a stop sign or red light,… Continue reading Modern Parenting: A Snapshot