Chad Orzel
@orzelc
I'm a physicist, professor, blogger, and author of popular science books. Also at http://mastodon.world/@orzelc and https://bsky.app/profile/orzelc.bsky.social
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What's my new book A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING about? I hope the title's self-explanatory, but I went into more detail for The Big Idea: whatever.scalzi.com/2022/01/27/the…
Mice transcribing a book, by Kawanabe Kyosai, ca. 1870s
This week in "Phrases on a T-Shirt That Would Raise Questions Addressed by the Shirt": "Brown was living in a tent outside Cecil H. Green Library — a choice unrelated to his Tree audition — when he was chosen at the end of Tree Week 2018." sfgate.com/collegesports/…
The Joker playing baseball.
You wouldn't believe the number of times I've narrowly escaped death as an agent of a covert, black ops squadron. But my little nephews would, and that's why I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving.
When your job is to stop pitch invaders but your GOAT is just taking a freekick.
Allowing Trump to transition full time into producing mediocre buddy comedies would, frankly, be a win for the Republic.
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
when i get an r^2 of 0.005 but i have to bullshit my way through the final project
Smarter ADHD sufferers tend to get diagnosed with ADHD at later ages. Consistent with the idea that smarter people are able to compensate for ADHD-related deficits, being smart seems to be 'protective' for noticing that a person has the condition.
Startup idea: offer thermodynamics lessons to design students.
Startup idea: faucet turbine to generate electricity from running water
Fun fact. The series below diverges, but really, really slowly. The sum of the first trillion terms is only about 28.
Fun fact. The terms of this series can be arranged to sum to any real number.
Make it a scandal! Write articles about it, then ask about the articles in a press conference, then write articles about how you didn't like the answer. Send out push notifications for the op-eds about those articles. A scandal is whatever the media wants it to be.
In a normal administration this would be a huge scandal
Having a problem that can only be solved by learning some new bit of math.
What is your favorite way to learn new mathematics? 1) Books 2) Lectures 3) Papers 4) Videos 5) Tweets
Charlie the pupper is bemused by me doing the thing where I go through a draft talk and say all the words to an otherwise empty room. Also, he isn't completely convinced by my presentation of the Everett Interpretation of quantum mechanics.
We’re not moon-landing deniers. We simply know it was staged.
Once again, Herodotus pwns every 19th-century German critical scholar who read THE HISTORIES and said "this guy was just telling fish tales."
Scientists analyzing ancient Scythian artefacts have made a gruesome discovery ... Micah Hanks, The Debrief - Anthropologists studying a collection of ancient Scythian artifacts retrieved during excavations at sites in Ukraine have made a gruesome discovery, according to newly…
November 25, 1982 Thanksgiving Day #Giants stud Lawrence Taylor After missing the first half with an injured knee, LT takes the field after halftime and... ☑️ Forces an interception ☑️ Forces a fumble ☑️ One-arm rodeo sack ☑️ 97-yard pick-six to win the game
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