A couple of things happening in the next week, for those who would like some How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. On the radio side, I am scheduled for an interview at 6:30 this Tuesday, Feb. 9, on KSOO’s Viewpoint University. If you don’t happen to be in the Sioux Falls, SD area, they… Continue reading Upcoming Appearances: How to Teach Physics to Your Dog Live
Category: Pop Culture
Musical Poll: The Scenic Route
I’m safely back, well ahead of the Snowpocalypse!!! I’m kind of out of it, though– yesterday was a very long day, and I find air travel draining at the best of times– so in lieu of substantive blogging, I offer you this thematically appropriate poll: Which of these travel-related songs is the best?(survey software) (Strictly… Continue reading Musical Poll: The Scenic Route
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
The Amazon Kerfuffle
(I really loathe both the longstanding practice of marking a scandal by appending “-gate” to a name and the newer version “-fail.” I don’t have a better alternative, but I hate both of those. Somebody get to work on a better scandal signifier.) So, the hot topic of the moment is the hissy-cow being thrown… Continue reading The Amazon Kerfuffle
From Eternity to the Web
The Firedoglake Book Salon with Sean Carroll last night was a lot of fun. I was generally impressed with the level of the questions, and the tone of the discussion. We went through all of the questions I had typed out in advance (I type fairly slowly, and revise obsessively, so it’s hard for me… Continue reading From Eternity to the Web
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
A few bits and pieces of news regarding How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: We got and accepted an offer for the audio book rights from one of the biggest audio book publishers. Actually, I think there were two offers for the audio rights, which is amazing. I have no idea when it would… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Kid-Lit Poll: Fish?
We had a parent-teacher conference this morning with SteelyKid’s teacher at day care, who confirmed that she is the cutest and cleverest baby in the universe. OK, not in those words, but that’s how I interpreted them. In honor of that, here’s a poll: Fish?(poll) There’s probably another stanza worth of choices, but unlike my… Continue reading Kid-Lit Poll: Fish?
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Hard to believe it’s been a couple of days since I posted anything with this title… Anyway, there are a couple of small updates: The vanity search turned up this mention on ScienceBase, in with a bunch of other recent science books that sound pretty good. The Union student paper, the Concordiensis, has a story… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Obsessive Update
Semi-Dorky Poll: Super Meeting!
I have to go to the Happy Fun Meeting this afternoon, which will be both Happy! and Fun! To keep things lively while I’m there, here’s a question that is dorky, but not in the usual way for this blog: What superpower would you most like to have to help you deal with annoying meetings?… Continue reading Semi-Dorky Poll: Super Meeting!