Category: Links Dump

Backreaction: Singularities in your Kitchen "I was fascinated most by what I’ve learned since then about singularities in fluid dynamics – singularities that actually occur in the kitchen, every time a drop of water falls off the tap." (tags: science physics blogs liquids backreaction) Attack of the 50-Foot Baby blocks turn your toddler into a… Continue reading links for 2009-02-10

A physics history-mystery: magnetism from light? « Skulls in the Stars "I’ve been looking into Faraday’s contribution to the understanding that light is an electromagnetic wave. That investigation led me to some early work by other researchers on the light/magnetism connection, and led me in turn to a puzzler: how significant and accurate is that… Continue reading links for 2009-02-09

The Crowd-Sourced Reading List | The Loom | Discover Magazine "Last week I blegged for examples of great science writing from over the years, and you did not disappoint. Rania Masri, who teaches writing to scientists in Lebanon, asked if I could share the list. It’s the least I can do in exchange for everyone’s… Continue reading links for 2009-02-07

Textbooks have jumped the shark | Dot Physics "I have been afraid to really speak my mind on this issue because I don’t want to completely enrage the textbook publishers. They do send me free books sometimes. Oh well, first what is the chance they will read this? Second, I already have tons of books… Continue reading links for 2009-02-06

NY Times article on force and physics and football | Dot Physics "People say I am picky. Ok, sometimes I am. But somebody has to stand up for what is right and just. Maybe I am that person. Please stop using the word force if you don’t know what it is. There. I said it.… Continue reading links for 2009-02-05

Bruce Springsteen misreads the national mood in his halftime performance. – By Stephen Metcalf – Slate Magazine A desperately stupid article about the Super Bowl halftime show (tags: politics stupid society sports music) PHD Comics: Not a good sign "I should be done in a year…" (tags: academia comics silly) Doing Physics is a two… Continue reading links for 2009-02-04

Feministe » A Story in Pictures See if you can spot the difference. (tags: politics news gender pictures law history) Fafblog! the whole world’s only source for Fafblog. ""The earth will quake and the sea will boil and the moon will be as blood and every knee shall bow before the coming of the Fafblocalypse!"… Continue reading links for 2009-02-03

Misha Lemeshko’s blog: The greatest math problem ever "This is a problem, which can be easily solved by children before entering elementary school. If you want to give it a try, please forget everything you have ever studied." (tags: blogs math silly) The terrifying prospect of an America without lawyers. – By Dahlia Lithwick –… Continue reading links for 2009-02-02

Astronomers get a sizzling weather report from a distant planet "The researchers used NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to obtain infrared measurements of the heat emanating from the planet as it whipped behind and close to its star. In just six hours, the planet’s temperature rose from 800 to 1,500 Kelvin (980 to 2,240 degrees Fahrenheit).… Continue reading links for 2009-01-29

Mike the Mad Biologist : To Restore Science to Its Rightful Place, We Need to Redefine Elitism "Our Benevolent Seed Overlords ask "What is science’s rightful place?" which refers to a line from Obama’s inaugural address where he vowed to "restore science to its rightful place." Since ScienceBlogling Jake discussed the importance of basing policy… Continue reading links for 2009-01-28