I gave a talk at Boskone in the prime Sunday 10 am slot, on quantum teleportation. I read the opening dialogue from Chapter 8 of the book, and then did a half-hour (or so) explanation of the real physics behind quantum teleportation. If you weren’t one of the thirty-ish people who watched at least part… Continue reading Quantum Teleportation (for Dogs)
Author: Chad Orzel
links for 2008-02-18
The Quantum Pontiff : SqUINT Live Blogging – Saturday Talks More updates from the cutting edge of quantum information. (tags: quantum physics meetings science) Cocktail Party Physics: built for speed: part one An interview with the author of “The Physics of NASCAR” (tags: books physics science education)
links for 2008-02-17
evolgen: These Are the People at Your Departmental Seminar A field guide to academic audiences. (tags: academia science) The Quantum Pontiff : SquinT Live Blogging – Friday Talks A quick tour of the latest in quantum information. (tags: quantum physics science academia meetings) Accounting for general relativity at Mercury – The Planetary Society Blog |… Continue reading links for 2008-02-17
Northern Illinois
There has been another shooting on a college campus, with a gunman opening fire on a geology class at Northern Illinois, before killing himself. Early reports suggest that the safety measures put into place after the Virginia Tech tragedy all worked properly, and the response from police was as quick as could be hoped. The… Continue reading Northern Illinois
links for 2008-02-15
The Neon Season – Things I Have Learned From Reading Children’s and YA Books of Yesteryear (and sometimes of Year Now) “1. The dog always dies.” (tags: books literature culture silly) Talk Like A Physicist Because we’re cooler than pirates. (tags: physics science silly) Cocktail Party Physics: a little light housekeeping I really like the… Continue reading links for 2008-02-15
NanoBowl: People’s Choice
The Physics Central Nanobowl collected YouTube videos using football to illustrate something about physics. They’ve got a bunch of finalists, and the polls are open for the People’s Choice Award. Check out the nine semi-finalists, and vote for your favorite. The slickest is probably “Theoretical Football”:
Props to Student Life
Over at Slaves of Academe, Oso Raro rants about student life professionals. The Dean Dad offers a defense of student life offices on procedural grounds (which is how I found the original piece). It’s hard to judge how much of the original rant is humorous exaggeration. There are some reasonable elements to his critique of… Continue reading Props to Student Life
67% of Children Left Behind
Via a EurekAlert release with the catchy headline “As graduation rates go down, school ratings go up”, a new study of the Texas school system, which provided the inspiration for “No Child Left Behind”. It’s not pretty: A new study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas-Austin finds that Texas’ public school… Continue reading 67% of Children Left Behind
Maryland at Duke
My Terps lost to the hated Dukies 77-65 last night, in a game I barely watched. Vitale and Patrick had the call, and were their usual intolerable selves, and I needed to do some cooking for today’s physics department luncheon, so I was in the kitchen more than in front of the tv. A few… Continue reading Maryland at Duke
links for 2008-02-14
Highly Allochthonous : Battleships in space! The importance of “Pre-Atomic” steel. (tags: physics nuclear history science space) Particle physicists plumb the depths for Roman lead – 13 July 1991 – New Scientist “Pre-Atomic” steel is for wimps– real experiments use ancient lead… (tags: physics science nuclear history) Jim C. Hines – The Money Post Financial… Continue reading links for 2008-02-14