{"id":2857,"date":"2008-08-22T05:31:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/08\/22\/links-for-20080822\/"},"modified":"2008-08-22T05:31:03","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T05:31:03","slug":"links-for-20080822","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/08\/22\/links-for-20080822\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-08-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twistedphysics.typepad.com\/cocktail_party_physics\/2008\/08\/calculus-is-cra.html\">Cocktail Party Physics: calculus is craptastic<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Few science bloggers have the good fortune to write off a Vegas trip as &quot;research&quot;, but that&#8217;s exactly what it was: my next book for Penguin is all about my experiences as a former English major learning calculus, inspired by a series of blog posts I wrote in 2006. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/math\">math<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/writing\">writing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/games\">games<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insidehighered.com\/views\/2008\/08\/21\/perry\">On &#8216;Real Education&#8217; 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