Jim Ottaviani's Blog, page 13

Live, from the Ann Arbor District Library: Comics Are Great!

Thanks to Jerzy Drozd, I got to talk about comics with Nick Abadzis (and Jerzy as well)! It was a lot of fun, and as is the case every time I talk to Nick and/or Jerzy, I learned stuff.







Watch at Comics Are Great!

Levitation

I wrote a book about levitation, but that was more about mechanical engineering and psychology than physics. Here's the real thing, and the coolest video you'll see today:

Book Tour: Two Photos

What is a book tour like? It's like this.

Sublime...



[image error]Susan Hwang's Feynman Diagram Pretzels


...and mundane...

Self-portait with drying sock

Bushwick Book Club presents songs about FEYNMAN

It turns out you didn't have to be there. But you'll wish you had been anyway...


<a href="http://bushwickbookclub.bandcamp.com/... Book Club presents &quot;Feynman&quot; by Jim Ottaviani by The Bushwick Book Club</a>

2011 Feynman Book Tour Recap (so far)...

I've updated the book tour post with some bits about the first big push. Thanks to all who came out to hear about Feynman !

Home...I like it here.

Meanwhile, over at Tor.com (again)...

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of two of the greatest speeches of the 20th century. You can find out what Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong said to Congress over at Tor.com...

Found: Kepler-16b, a planet orbiting two stars

Informally known as Tatooine. Formally known as Very Cool. Thanks NASA, thanks Kepler Mission!

EarthSky 22: "Richard Feynman is still awesome"

EarthSky.org/radio aired a podcast interview with me a few days ago, and somehow I missed it. Maybe you did too.

Even if that doesn't fill you with regret, there's a lot more than just me on the show (good news!), but they still titled the episode as a whole "Richard Feynman is still awesome". If you listen in, you'll find out that I agree.

New "Symphony of Science": The Quantum World

A treat for today!

Math in Service of Remembrance

This is a good thing to read today: .