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Chad Orzel

Chad Orzel

Chad Orzel

Chad Orzel was born and raised in central New York, and received a degree in physics from Williams College, and his Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Maryland. He is now a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He lives near campus with his wife Kate, their daughter, and, of course, Emmy, the Queen of Niskayuna.

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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 07, 2010
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog will be released on December 07, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Dec 07, 2010
Oct 12, 2010
Excerpt:
Introduction from How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Feb 18, 2010
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Jan 23, 2010
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How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 22, 2009
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog will be released on December 22, 2009 in Hardcover, eBook
Dec 22, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Dec 04, 2009

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Wired News, April 24, 2012
...up an offer to see what all the fuss is about. Patricia  had to take a break from Chad Orzel’s  How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog  – she was thinking too hard for the book to be “light reading” and decided to hop on board this month...
Home News Tribune, April 3, 2012
...along with the highs and lows of the famed composer.HOW TO TEACH RELATIVITY TO YOUR DOG by Chad Orzel (Basic Books, $16.99)We tried and tried, and we earned A grades in high school physics, but we never could master the thinking behind Einsteins famed...
MSNBC, March 19, 2012
...everyday situations. It's just that the effects are usually too small to measure." So now that Chad Orzel and his dog Emmy have run circles around the two great pillars of modern physics quantum mechanics and relativity theory what's next? "We'll have to...
Washington Post, February 28, 2012
...a step further: Why not physics for pets? In “ How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, ” physics professor Chad Orzel attempts to explain Einstein’s theory of relativity via a dialogue with his dog, Emmy. Orzel breaks down complex concepts — time...
Troy Record, February 18, 2012
...Chad Orzel, 40, of Niskayuna is a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Union College in Schenectady. A native of Broome County, Orzel began teaching at Union in 2001...
About, February 10, 2012
...to preorder. Of particular interest to the average reader are probably Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles and Chad Orzel's How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, although space enthusiasts may well find multiple tempting prospects in the full list of...
Science News Online, January 27, 2012
...My dog has never shown any particular interest in relativity. Orzel, an atomic physicist, apparently has a more high-minded canine companion. The book is a clever introduction to the often intimidating concepts of special and general relativity, couched...
Washington Post, February 28, 2012
...a step further: Why not physics for pets? In “ How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, ” physics professor Chad Orzel attempts to explain Einstein’s theory of relativity via a dialogue with his dog, Emmy. Orzel breaks down complex concepts — time...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 24, 2012
...Newspaper Pioneerby Eilat Negev and Yehuda Koren (Bantam, $30; ISBN 978-0-553-80743-1). How to Teach Relativity to Your Dogby Chad Orzel (Basic, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-465-02331-8). Whatever It Is, I Don't Like Itby Howard Jacobson (Bloomsbury, $18; ISBN...
Troy Record, February 18, 2012
...Chad Orzel, 40, of Niskayuna is a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Union College in Schenectady. A native of Broome County, Orzel began teaching at Union in 2001...
Troy Record, February 16, 2012
...ID required for 21 and over only. THE OPEN DOOR BOOKSTORE AND GIFT GALLERY, 128 Jay St., Schenectady. Chad Orzel will sign “How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog” 1-2:30 p.m. March 10Elizabeth Zunon, the illustrator of William Kamkwamba’s book “The...
About, February 10, 2012
...to preorder. Of particular interest to the average reader are probably Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles and Chad Orzel's How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, although space enthusiasts may well find multiple tempting prospects in the full list of...
Albuquerque Express, February 3, 2012
...this as a student project for a long time, but no one ever tackled it. No one until Chad Orzel (at ... Read the full story at Wired News...
Science News Online, January 27, 2012
...My dog has never shown any particular interest in relativity. Orzel, an atomic physicist, apparently has a more high-minded canine companion. The book is a clever introduction to the often intimidating concepts of special and general relativity, couched...