We’ll keep up the chemical theme that we’ve been following lately with another Dorky Poll to pass the time while I’m in lab all morning. We’re not going to do all of the columns of the periodic table (does anybody really have a favorite transition metal?), but a couple more demand opinions. So, what’s your… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Halogens
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Dorky Poll: Explosive Elements
We did the far right column of the periodic table, so here’s one for the left: the coolest-chemistry-demo-ever column, the alkali metals: What’s your favorite alkali metal?(surveys) While you can make heteronuclear alkali dimers, at least in a transient way, we’re talking atoms here, not molecules. Choose only one.
Dorky Poll: Aristocratic Elements
“…Can you name the six noble gases?” As this could be no poser for an economic geographer, I rattled them off in their proper aristocratic order. “Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and -er- Radon. They were raised to the peerage in the eleventh year of England’s George Fifth, and Neon was awarded the Order of… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Aristocratic Elements
Historical Physicist Smackdown: Minor Quantum Edition
SteelyKid’s day care is closed today, meaning that I will be spending the day chasing her in circles in a variety of different places. this doesn’t allow a lot of blogging time, so you get a poll to pass the time. We’ll go back to the historical physics thing for this one. The following poll… Continue reading Historical Physicist Smackdown: Minor Quantum Edition
User Poll: What Should ScienceBlogs Add?
The Corporate Masters are considering some steps to take ScienceBlogs more in a community/ social network/ Web 3.14/ whatever direction, and have asked us our opinions of various potential features. I have opinions on the subject, but they’re ultimately less important than the opinions of you, the readers. So here’s an attempt to generate some… Continue reading User Poll: What Should ScienceBlogs Add?
Dorky Poll: Quantum Pictures
I’m feeling slightly better, but still a little wobbly, so here’s what may be the dorkiest Dorky Poll yet: How do you like your quantum mechanics?(trends)
Dorky Poll: Newton’s Laws
I have a bunch of errand-running to do today, so I will leave you with a Dorky Poll question for entertainment, this time regarding the work of the great Sir Isaac Newton: Which of Isaac Newton’s Laws is your favorite?(trends) We’re still dealing with classical physics, here, so superpositions of results are not allowed. Pick… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Newton’s Laws
The Importance of Distraction
Kate recently signed up for Facebook, and I was talking to her earlier about some of the options for wasting tons of time entertaining yourself with Facebook, and mentioned the ever-popular trivia quizzes and “personality tests” and the like. Of course, I had to caution her that most of the quizzes are really lame, because… Continue reading The Importance of Distraction
Dorky Poll: Maxwell’s Equations
One of the blogs I hyped at the science blogging panel at Worldcon was Built on Facts, Matt Springer’s blog explaining introductory physics concepts. You might not think that you want to read a blog that goes through freshman physics problems in detail– I would’ve been dubious on the concept, had you explained it to… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Maxwell’s Equations
Dorky Poll: Thermodynamics
I have a thousand things to do today, and blogging isn’t high on the list. So here’s a dorky poll to pass the time, because it’s been a while: What’s your favorite Law of Thermodynamics?(polls) We’re working in the classical limit, here, so you’re not allowed to choose a linear superposition of all four laws.… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Thermodynamics