Emmy and I are in Buffalo today, after a long drive last night, made longer by the NY Thruway authorities decidin to randomly sprinkle lane closures along the westbound portion of I-90. They also made the sadistic move of putting on the “tune to this radio station for information” flashers before the big back-up, and… Continue reading How to Teach Physics With How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Links for 2010-10-14
James Burleigh Morton ⺠at museums, he is allowed to touch the art One of Union’s Watson Fellows from last year, blogging his trip around the world taking pictures of international shipping. (tags: world travel academia awards pictures business blogs) Out of the Kitchen and Into the Fire | Exploring Open-Fire Cooking Around the World… Continue reading Links for 2010-10-14
Experiment vs. Theory: The Eternal Debate
Melissa at Confused at a Higher Level offers some thoughts on the relative status of experimental vs. theoretical science, spinning off a comprehensive discussion of the issues at Academic Jungle. I flagged this to comment on over the weekend, but then was too busy with SteelyKid and football to get to it. since I’m late… Continue reading Experiment vs. Theory: The Eternal Debate
Links for 2010-10-13
Gay Sex vs. Straight Sex « OkTrends “Gay issues have been in the news a lot lately, from the debate over same-sex marriage in Congress to a sickening rash of gay-bashing here in New York City. We see a lot of emotion out there, instead of information, and we wanted to provide some data-based context… Continue reading Links for 2010-10-13
The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
SteelyKid is a big fan of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon, which, if you haven’t spent the last sixty-odd years in a cave, you probably know features a bunny saying goodnight to a variety of objects in a great, green room. The attentive toddler will find a lot to look at in the pictures–… Continue reading The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
DonorsChoose Fundraiser 2010
It’s that time of year again, which is to say “October, when we raise money for DonorsChoose.” As you may or may not know, DonorsChoose is an educational charity which has teachers propose projects that would make their classrooms better, and invites donors to contribute to the projects of their choice. Every October since ScienceBlogs… Continue reading DonorsChoose Fundraiser 2010
Links for 2010-10-12
Pimp My Novel: Here Be Dragons “[Myth:] Amazon is going to kill the independent/second-hand book store. While I can’t say for sure this is 100% false, I’m very confident that Amazon will not kill independent, local, and second-hand book stores; there’s no substitute for their ambience, knowledgeable staff, and propensity to stock hard-to-find titles. In… Continue reading Links for 2010-10-12
The Physics Bus
SteelyKid, like most toddlers, knows a few songs, and likes to sing them over and over. Her repertoire is limited to “ABCDEFG” (the alphabet song, but that’s how she requests it), “Twinkle, Twinkle,” “Some man” (“This Old Man,” which I only figured out this weekend), and “Round and Round” (“The Wheels on the Bus”). I… Continue reading The Physics Bus
Physics Is Not a Mad Lib
Via Tom, a site giving problem-solving advice for physics. While the general advice is good, and the friendly, Don’t-Panic tone is great, I do have a problem with one of their steps, Step 7: Consider Your Formulas: Some professors will require that you memorize relevant formulas, while others will give you a “cheat sheet.” Either… Continue reading Physics Is Not a Mad Lib
Book Report: What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein
Oddly enough, it turns out that writing a book with a rambunctious toddler in the house is a much slower process than writing a book pre-toddler. Imagine that. Anyway, as I did during the writing stages of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, I thought I would post occasional updates on the progress of… Continue reading Book Report: What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein