-
Happy holidays! Here are some bits of (mostly) pop culture that I enjoyed or that made me think over the past few weeks. Movies Arrival is wonderful. It moves slowly and Amy Adams is luminous. The movie explores the importance of language in how we view the world. I highly recommend it. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story —
-
I have been on a cross-departmental search committee, and it’s been a ton of work. Over the last few weeks, I have taken part in a number of Skype interviews, and it blows my mind how poorly the people who look really good on paper perform on these interviews. While my department alone hasn’t done Skype
-
Hi all, it’s been a few months since “Academaze” came out. As I am quite proud of it, I would like to spread the word and get more people to read it. If you enjoy this blog and are active on social media, I would like to ask for your help in spreading the word about
-
Two of my students graduated in the span of a week. Essentially everyone but me who was on their committees was an experimentalist, with the exception of one pen-and-paper theorist. Let me tell you this: developing computer simulations of the physical world which have real predictive power is very complicated. It requires understanding experiments, being
-
I have been asked to submit a list of my N most important papers for a certain nomination. In this case, N is five. In the past, for various reasons, N was often three, including for my tenure package years ago. It’s always hard to chose; what does it even mean — “most important papers”? There are
-
This is soooo my husband.
-
One of my favorites… Originally appeared here.
-
For your reading pleasure, I give you Arseny Khakhalin’s blog http://khakhalin.blogspot.com/ The posts are nicely overviewed here for easier browsing https://plus.google.com/109506349752602080931 Enjoy!
-
What is the size/scope/style/length of PhD dissertations in your field? Do they have a lot of background material or focus on the student’s original contributions? Are they comprehensive (everything the student has done, even if fairly disjointed) or a coherent body of work? A typical dissertation in my group is between 100 and 150 pages, with most
-
A main character and the artist’s alter ego in one of my favorite webcomics, Zombie Roomie, has just been killed off. :-(((( The only thing to do is… Support the artist on Patreon!
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
xykademiqz 