Not that I’m obsessed, or anything (current Amazon rank: 1106), but here are the results from my incomplete survey of local book stores regarding How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Barnes & Noble: “Out of Stock” in all local stores. Has never been in stock, really. Borders in Crossgates Mall: “Likely in store” according… Continue reading Local Bookstore Report
Category: Physics Books
You Don’t Really Understand a Subject Until You Teach It To Your Dog
I’m typing this from the local Barnes and Noble, waiting for the dealership next door to finish changing my oil and inspecting my car. Sadly, they don’t have How to Teach Physics to Your Dog on the shelves in their (rather small) science section. Grump, grump, grump. The disappointment at not immediately finding it on… Continue reading You Don’t Really Understand a Subject Until You Teach It To Your Dog
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Is Out Today!
Today is the official publication date for How to Teach Physics to your Dog! I’ve got another reason or two why dogs should love quantum physics that I’ll probably post later, but if the ones posted so far haven’t sold you on the book, how about a really nice review from Cory Doctorow at Boing… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Is Out Today!
Why Every Dog Should Love Quantum Physics 5: Sunlight
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog goes on sale in fine bookstores everywhere tomorrow. But maybe the four previous posts explaining why dogs should care about quantum physics haven’t yet convinced you to go buy a copy. So here’s another reason, one appropriate to this solstice season, when dogs in the Northern Hemisphere will… Continue reading Why Every Dog Should Love Quantum Physics 5: Sunlight
Quantization of Books 2: What Does One Sale Get You?
I’ve been playing around with the spiffy sales rank tracker Matthew Beckler wrote, because I’m a great big dork, and enjoy playing with graphs. Here’s a graph of the sales rank vs. time through 2pm EST today (plotted in Excel from the data table at the bottom of the page): As I noted in my… Continue reading Quantization of Books 2: What Does One Sale Get You?
Great Moments in Vanity Searching -or- The Hotness of Physics
I was Googling for “How to Teach Physics to Your Dog” last night, to check whether a review of said book that I know is coming has been posted yet (side question: Does anybody know a good way to exclude the umpty-zillion versions of Amazon and other sellers from this sort of search? Most of… Continue reading Great Moments in Vanity Searching -or- The Hotness of Physics
Quantum Mechanics Is Not Magic, No Matter What Amazon Says
While I’m thrilled to see How to Teach Physics to Your Dog listed on Amazon, I am distressed to see it offered as a pair with something called The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart. I’m not linking to the Amazon page for that book, because it’s a giant pile of crap, and I wouldn’t want… Continue reading Quantum Mechanics Is Not Magic, No Matter What Amazon Says
Quantum Zeno Effect: The Movie
It’s exactly one week to the release date for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, and to celebrate, I’m setting off on an expedition to the local mall(s) in search of Christmas presents. May God have mercy on my soul… Anyway, I wouldn’t want you to be without entertainment while I’m off helping the… Continue reading Quantum Zeno Effect: The Movie
How to Teach Physics to Other People’s Dogs
John Scalzi sends along photographic proof of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog working for a dog who isn’t Emmy: This isn’t quite an “in the wild” shot, as it’s not at a store or a store-bought copy (John wrote a blurb for the book, so he got sent a copy), but we’re getting… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Other People’s Dogs
More Early Reviews of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
The official release date for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is three weeks from tomorrow, but a couple of new reviews have been posted, one linkable, the other not so much. The linkable one is from one of our contest winners, Eric Goebelbecker, at Dog Spelled Forward (an excellent name for a dog-related… Continue reading More Early Reviews of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog