Amazon.com: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time: Sean Carroll: Books Sure, it looks like a really good book about physics. But where’s the talking dog? (tags: science physics books) Built on Facts : Testing 123 "In the physical sciences and physics especially, science follows an infinite loop procedure. I’ll… Continue reading links for 2009-04-20
Author: Chad Orzel
Sunny Afternoon of the Ninja Squirrels
The dog comes into the office looking disgusted. “Well, you’ve really done it now, dude.” “What? What did I do?” “You had to go and put a bird feeder in the front window, didn’t you?” “What about it?” We put a thistle-seed feeder in front of the bay window in the living room, and I… Continue reading Sunny Afternoon of the Ninja Squirrels
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Star Formation: The Game | DISCOVER Magazine Play the Hand of God and place supernovae to produce star-forming regions in a cloud of gas. My best score is just over 2000. (tags: science astronomy games internet) Questions for Steven Chu – The Science Guy – The Green Issue – Interview – NYTimes.com "Was anyone in… Continue reading links for 2009-04-19
Physics Has a Flavor
SteelyKid is fascinated by the John Archibald Wheeler tribute issue of Physics Today:
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slacktivist: T.F.: By the rivers of Babylon "That’s a change from the view of apocalyptic types from older times. They used to fear people like Napoleon — those who sought to conquer the world through force, riding forth on literal, flesh-and-blood white horses, intent on empire. But to premillennial dispensationalists, would-be imperialists get a pass.… Continue reading links for 2009-04-18
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North Of The Border Case File #135: Canadian Bacon  | DVD | A.V. Club "Just as Ned Flanders likes Woody Allen movies except for âthat nervous fella thatâs always in them,â I like Michael Moore movies and kind of hate Michael Moore himself. " (tags: culture movies review avclub world) Solar power sats get… Continue reading links for 2009-04-17
Testing the Fine Structure Constant: The More Things Change, the More They Don’t
Via the arxiv Blog, a review article has been posted by the Haensch group with the title“Testing the Stability of the Fine Structure Constant in the Laboratory.” The fine structure constant, usually referred to by the symbol α is a ratio of fundamental constants– the electron charge squared divded by Planck’s Contant times the speed… Continue reading Testing the Fine Structure Constant: The More Things Change, the More They Don’t
Thursday Baby Blogging 041609
SteelyKid says, “Being sick is exhausting… Zzzzzzzzzz”: She’s been running a fever for the last couple of days, which happened to coincide with the closing of the JCC day care center for Passover. This has wreaked a certain amount of havoc on plans for the adults in the house, but it could’ve been much worse.… Continue reading Thursday Baby Blogging 041609
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Bristol Palin and two kinds of virginity | TPMCafe "Prior to the Palin blow-up, the evangelical wing and the traditional upper crust WASP wing of the party had a pretty basic agreement about the value of pure white virgin daughters. Having a few of these hanging around on podiums made politicians look good, and preserving… Continue reading links for 2009-04-16
Six Questions (an attempt at a musical “meme”)
The other day, I wanted to hear the seasonally-appropriate Hold Steady song “How a Resurrection Really Feels” (“She crashed into the Easter Mass, with her hair done up in broken glass, She was limping left on broken heels and she said ‘Father, can I tell your congregation how a resurrection really feels?’”), so I punched… Continue reading Six Questions (an attempt at a musical “meme”)