I gave a talk today for a group of local home-school students and parents, on the essential elements of quantum physics. The idea was to give them a sense of what sets quantum mechanics apart from other theories of physics, and why it’s a weird and wonderful thing. The title is, of course, a reference… Continue reading What Every Dog Should Know About Quantum Physics
Category: Physics Books
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in Broome County
I’ve been buried in work, so I haven’t had time to do any real blogging, but I do want to post a quick reminder of this week’s signing: — This FRIDAY, March 5 (that is, the day after tomorrow), I will be signing books at the Vestal, NY Barnes and Noble at 7pm. I’m not… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in Broome County
Upcoming Appearances for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
A couple of upcomign events related to How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: — Next FRIDAY, March 5, I will be signing books at the Vestal, NY Barnes and Noble at 7pm. This is the big-box chain store closest to my hometown, and my parents report already getting calls about it, which is weird… Continue reading Upcoming Appearances for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
The Edge of Physics by Anil Ananthaswamy
One of the weird-but-cool things about being C-list famous on the Internet is that some publishers now send me unsolicited review copies of forthcoming books about science. These aren’t always the books I would really like to get free copies of, but, hey, free books. Among the books I’ve received in the last year or… Continue reading The Edge of Physics by Anil Ananthaswamy
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
A couple of reviews, an offer, and a mystery regarding How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: The reviews: A review at suite101 that went up a while ago, but I somehow missed in the vanity search. It’s a nice, detailed review, and if I had to pick a pull quote it would probably be:… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Miscellaneous stories and links about How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: — There’s a nice review by Margaret Fisk (who has been reading it for a while, and mentioning it on her blog, which kept turning up in the vanity search): Orzel does a wonderful job of finding physical parallels to explain quantum concepts… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Miscellaneous stories and links about How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Kathy Ceceri, who wrote the story about the book that ran in the Times Union, has posted the full article on the Home Physics blog. The link to the paper itself may very well disappear behind a paywall, but this post should remain… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
I want to like this book more than I do. As a general matter, this is exactly the sort of science book we need more of. As you can probably guess from the title, Why Does E=mc2? sets out to explain Einstein’s theory of relativity, and does an excellent job of it. It presents a… Continue reading Why Does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw
Quantization of Books 5: Decay of Books
It’s been a while since I’ve done a fun with graphs post about the Amazon sales rank of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, but that’s not because I’ve stopped tracking it. It’s getting to be enough data, though, that it’s worthwhile to look on a slightly coarser scale, so here’s the sales rank… Continue reading Quantization of Books 5: Decay of Books
Upcoming Appearances: How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Live
Two events in the next couple of weeks at which I will be appearing live and in person: 1) This Thursday, Feb. 4, I will be giving a talk at the University of Maryland, College Park at 3:30 pm in the Lecture Hall (room 1110) in the Kim Engineering Building. The title of the talk… Continue reading Upcoming Appearances: How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Live