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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
Tensor? Tensor? I’ve been getting tenser all week!
Whew! For those not following my Twitter account, let me declare that I finished the last major section of my textbook today! Now I’m going to do a bit of touching up of various sections that I worked on recently, … Continue reading
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Announcing: Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering!
I’ve mumbled various random things in the past about my upcoming textbook project; this week, I finally got approval from the publisher to start hyping it on the blog. (Actually, they never prohibited it, but I just got around to … Continue reading
Posted in Optics, Personal, Physics
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Now on Twitter!
I really vowed that I would never “tweet”, but I seem to have found myself with a Twitter account anyway! I can be found “tweeting” as drskyskull, if anyone is interested in following. I’ve been part of a group in … Continue reading
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Visiting San Francisco!
This post chronicles two firsts: my first trip to San Francisco and my first iPhone-written post! I’m in town to attend Photonics West and meet with colleagues; today the wife and I were wandering around to see the sights. I’ll … Continue reading
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Back from ScienceOnline 2010!
Well, I’m back home from ScienceOnline 2010! I only stayed for the first day of the conference this year, but I enjoyed all of the sessions that I attended and collected a lot of food for thought. It was especially … Continue reading
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Off to ScienceOnline 2010!
After work this evening, the wife and I will head off to ScienceOnline 2010. We’ll probably be arriving around 9:00, too late to make the ‘early bird’ event, but I plan to pop by the hotel bar soon after to … Continue reading
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Mini-interview in Seed Magazine!
Well, I’m on the road again. Three days after getting back from a marathon holiday trip, I hopped back on a plane and headed to Texas for a grant-related workshop. At least the plane out was pretty empty — I … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
We arrived in Chicago on the 23rd, just ahead of a nice ice storm. Things were a bit of a mess afterwards, but very pretty: Merry Christmas to those celebrating, and happy holidays to everyone else! As my usual Yuletide … Continue reading
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Another kitty anchors herself in our home!
Book writing is coming along, and I actually can see light at the end of the tunnel. The biggest section left to write is on tensor analysis, and the biggest difficulty is determining how much to include in my book … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Personal
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Happenings
There’s an old Calvin & Hobbes cartoon where Calvin is trying to get enough cereal boxtops to mail-order a prize, namely a propeller beanie. Being the impatient sort, he pretty much decides to eat enough cereal in one sitting to … Continue reading
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