Chad OrzelBreakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
Sprecher: Ross, Jonathan Todd
Chad Orzel is a physicist, professor, and blogger, and the author of three previous books How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog, and Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, NY, where he has been on the faculty since 2001. Orzel has been blogging about physics and academia for Forbes and Scienceblogs.com since 2002. He is earned a BA in physics from Williams College and a PhD in chemical physics from the University of Maryland, College Park. At that time, he completed his thesis research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology with Bill Phillips (Nobel Laureate in 1997), and he was a post-doc at Yale before starting at Union, studying the quantum physics of ultra-cold atoms.
Introduction Chapter 1 Sunrise: The Fundamental Interactions Chapter 2 The
Heating Element: Planck's Desperate Trick Chapter 3 Digital Photos: The
Patent Clerk's Heuristic Chapter 4 The Alarm Clock: The Football Player's
Atom Chapter 5 The Internet: A Solution in Search of a Problem Chapter 6
The Sense of Smell: Chemistry by Exclusion Chapter 7 Solid Objects: The
Energy of Uncertainty Chapter 8 Computer Chips: The Internet Is for
Schrödinger's Cats Chapter 9 Magnets: How the H*ck Do They Work? Chapter 10
Smoke Detector: Mr. Gamow's Escape Chapter 11 Encryption: A Final Brilliant
Mistake Conclusion Acknowledgments Index