{"id":1311,"date":"2007-04-04T21:10:09","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2007\/04\/04\/pick-a-number-win-a-book\/"},"modified":"2007-04-04T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2007-04-04T21:10:09","slug":"pick-a-number-win-a-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/04\/04\/pick-a-number-win-a-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick a Number, Win a Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As you can see from the picture, my desk is a mess. Also, I’ve come into possession of a second free copy of Paul Davies’s new book Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life<\/cite> (one is an advance reading copy in trade paper, the other a spiffy new hardback). You can read my lukewarm review<\/a>, from which you can easily deduce that I don’t actually need to own two copies of this book.<\/p>\n

Thus, I am pleased to announce The Offical Uncertain Principles Cosmic Jackpot<\/cite> Giveaway Contest<\/strong>. I will give away one of these two copies to the person who successfully completes the following challenge:<\/p>\n

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Pick a number.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Leave a comment containing one and only one number (this means you, Jonathan Vos Post). The person with the best number wins the extra copy of Cosmic Jackpot<\/cite>, plus the promotional material included by the publisher.<\/p>\n

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Contest entries must be received in comments by midnight on Sunday, April 8, 2007. The winner will be announced on Monday, April 9, and will need to contact me with a shipping address to claim the prize. One entry per person, no purchase necessary, void where prohibited.<\/p>\n

(Credit where due: Kate actually suggested “Pick a number” as the contest topic. She wasn’t serious, but I actually think it’s kind of appropriate, so here you go…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you can see from the picture, my desk is a mess. Also, I’ve come into possession of a second free copy of Paul Davies’s new book Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life (one is an advance reading copy in trade paper, the other a spiffy new hardback). You can read… Continue reading Pick a Number, Win a Book<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics_books","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}