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The author of Skulls in the Stars is a professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
Category Archives: Personal
Kitty fostering success!
Almost two weeks ago, I noted the arrival of two foster kitties in our home: Brewster and Breyer! Well, I’m happy to say that we dropped them off at their new hopefully “forever home” this evening! This was all done … Continue reading
Kitty fostering: Brewster and Breyer!
I’ll be doing more physics blogging in the near future — I promise! Work is keeping me quite busy at the moment and I haven’t had much spare time or energy to investigate topics in depth. Hopefully that will change … Continue reading
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Archives are up!
I put in a little extra time this evening and managed to figure out how to transfer my blog archives over to the new site here! Everything seems to be present and accounted for, though I may have to check … Continue reading
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We’ve moved… to Scientopia!
********************* And now, for some big news — this blog is moving! Skulls in the Stars is relocating to be a part of a new blog collective, Scientopia.org! This collective consists of a number of ex-Sciencebloggers and a number of … Continue reading
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The Discovery Place does optics!
This post involves a little bit of boasting! For the past month, the Discovery Place science museum in Charlotte has been displaying a small interactive optics exhibit targeted at 8-14 year-olds as part of their “Explore More Stuff” series. The … Continue reading
Posted in Optics, Personal
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Skullsinthestars featured in the local paper!
This is nice — my blog work has been featured in my local newspaper, The Charlotte Observer! It’s a relatively short piece, and in hindsight I wish I had said things a bit differently, but it’s always nice to get … Continue reading
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Is there anybody… out there?
Over the past week, a lot of blogs have revived a venerable scienceblog tradition: inviting those who “lurk” on the blog (read without posting) to de-lurk and say “hi”! I’ve never tried to do that, but it seemed like a … Continue reading
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A mini milestone…
In the midst of all the work I’ve been doing lately, I almost completely overlooked the fact that I’ve passed the 400,000 page view milestone! It was less than a year ago that I hit the 300k mark, so I’m … Continue reading
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Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering on Amazon!
Couldn’t resist posting a short note that my textbook now has an Amazon page! The cover image hasn’t been added yet, so I may have to take matters into my own hands and put it up myself:
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Some happenings
I’m in the midst of a few new science blogging posts, though all of them involve me doing a lot of research and learning about things I don’t know as well as I thought I did! In the meantime, I … Continue reading
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