The Corporate Masters have posted a new Ask a ScienceBlogger question: The question (submitted by a reader) is this: There are many, many academic bloggers out there feverishly blogging about their areas of interest. Still, there are many, many more academics who don’t. So, why do you blog and how does blogging help with your… Continue reading Ask a ScienceBlogger: Why Do Academics Blog?
Graduation Day
Another year in academia, another graduation ceremony. It poured for a lot of the day yesterday, so everybody was a little nervous coming in, but the weather turned out to be good– clear blue skies, a few puffy white clouds, and temperatures that were a little warm for sitting outside in long black robes, but… Continue reading Graduation Day
links for 2008-06-15
Acephalous: “Sleep is for the weak.” The weak and fuzzy, that is… (tags: animals pictures silly)
links for 2008-06-14
Optics basics: Polarization « Skulls in the Stars What you need to know about light polarization. (tags: physics optics blogs science education) “Plutoids”: the new name for Pluto-like dwarf planets – physicsworld.com When, oh, when will the IAU stop jerking Pluto around? (tags: astronomy planets science news) PhotoshopDisasters: Washington Post: Unlikely From the MC Escher… Continue reading links for 2008-06-14
links for 2008-06-12
xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe They forgot the philosophers, or maybe ran out of room in the right margin… (tags: biology chemistry physics psychology science math comics)
links for 2008-06-11
Do We Really Need a Few Billion Locavores? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog “To eat locally grown food or, even better, food that you’ve grown yourself, seems as if it should be 1) more delicious; 2) more nutritious; 3) cheaper; and 4) better for the environment. But is it?” (tags: blogs… Continue reading links for 2008-06-11
Sanity Break
I’m giving the final exam in my E&M class tonight (from 5-7 pm, thank you oh-so-much, Central Scheduling), which you might think would bode well for blogging in the future. However, I also have two summer students starting on Monday, a baby on the way, and major book revisions to do that need to get… Continue reading Sanity Break
Technothrillers vs. Science Fiction
Reading Final Theory last night reminded me of something Patrick Nielsen Hayden said on a con panel once. The question was raised of why thriller-ish science fiction books don’t do as well as thrillers with a thin SF gloss– basically, “Why doesn’t Greg Bear sell as many books as Michael Crichton?” Patrick noted that there’s… Continue reading Technothrillers vs. Science Fiction
Mark Alpert, Final Theory [Library of Babel]
I’ve gotten a fair number of free science books in the last few years, from publishers looking for bloggy publicity, but Mark Alpert’s Final Theory is the first time that I’ve been asked to review a novel on ScienceBlogs (I’ve gotten advance copies of some other novels, but I’ve specifically requested those). Mark Alpert is… Continue reading Mark Alpert, Final Theory [Library of Babel]
College Marriage Statistics
We got back from my 15th college reunion weekend earlier today, and I’ve spent the afternoon dozing off in front of European championship soccer and enjoying sweet, sweet central air conditioning. I had a great time, but didn’t get a whole lot of sleep. Also, ordering Colonial Pizza at 1am continues to not be as… Continue reading College Marriage Statistics