Via Tom, a big long list of books with which to showcase either my broad cultural background or pathetic cultural ignorance. As Tom’s original source notes, the claim that most Americans have only read six of these is kind of hard to credit, given that I was assigned more than six of them by the… Continue reading Books, Books, Books
Author: Chad Orzel
A Question of Publishing Ethics
There’s a classic paper on the Quantum Zeno Effect that I discuss in Chapter 5 of the book. The paper does two tests of the effect, and presents the results in two bar graphs. They also provide the data in tabular form. My question is this: If I copy the data from the table, and… Continue reading A Question of Publishing Ethics
links for 2008-07-23
‘Theology in Life’ :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs “Benedictine’s new “Theology in Life” certificate program includes one class each in the theology of freedom, justice, love, and science, respectively. Majors will go on to take upper-level courses in areas including sacramental theology, the New Te (tags: academia… Continue reading links for 2008-07-23
Sizzle: Framing :: Hit-With-A-Brick: Stabbed-With-A-Fork
I’ve been somewhat decoupled from blogdom in general recently, as I’ve been busy working on the book and getting ready for FutureBaby. It’s also been a useful mental health break, though, as I’m a little less worked up about stupid stuff than I was a few months ago. Every now and then, I catch the… Continue reading Sizzle: Framing :: Hit-With-A-Brick: Stabbed-With-A-Fork
We Agree on the Important Things
Via Will Wilkinson, James Pethokoukis at US News considers the state of the economy, and draws the same conclusions I did, for exactly the opposite reasons: My theory is that the amazing resilience of the American economy through this slowdown–as well as the lack of a bad recession in a generation–is indirect proof that the… Continue reading We Agree on the Important Things
All Thumbs
I finally manage to get my pants buttoned on the fourth try. I’ve had to dig out a pair from before I lost weight, because the splint on my left hand won’t let me grip the fabric enough to button pants that fit properly. Even with the extra slack, it’s difficult. “God damn it, I… Continue reading All Thumbs
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Mary Catelli’s Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal – Religion and World-Building Notes for people thinking about inventing a religion for a fantasy story. (tags: SF religion writing history humanities culture) How to blog, get tenure and prosper: Starting the blog | john hawks weblog Part one of four, from a recently-tenured academic who knows.… Continue reading links for 2008-07-22
Book Report: Second Draft, First Pass
I’ve finished a first pass through the second draft of Bunnies Made of Cheese: The Book, doing revisions on all of the chapters to make it a little more comprehensible. I’m still waiting for beta-reader comments on the re-written Chapter 8 (hint, hint), but other than that, I’m going through doing consistency checks (“Didn’t I… Continue reading Book Report: Second Draft, First Pass
links for 2008-07-21
Measurement of the Casimir Force between a Gold Sphere and a Silicon Surface with Nanoscale Trench Arrays “We report measurements of the Casimir force between a gold sphere and a silicon surface with an array of nanoscale, rectangular corrugations using a micromechanical torsional oscillator.” (tags: physics quantum science experiment precision-measurement articles) Feedback Cooling of the… Continue reading links for 2008-07-21
The Dark Knight
We’ll keep this short and spoiler-free: Kate and I went to see The Dark Knight yesterday afternoon. The verdict: It was an excellent entry in the “gritty comic-book adaptation” genre, and a very solid follow-up to Batman Begins. Heath Ledger as the Joker was excellent. I see here in my blogger guidelines that I’m supposed… Continue reading The Dark Knight