Cosmic Semester Coupling

This goes hand-in-hand with the old adage: objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Pet Theory

A future university program: theory marketers. Want your idea to be tested (or, more importantly, confirmed)? Hire one of these wonderful students!

Graduate School Preparation

Let’s just wait until the students are in the midst of work to give them more work!

Caught Between Worlds

What do professors think of about their position?

Exercise to the Reader

The only category of textbooks in which you can leave the main results out with a straight face.

Necessary Details

All the details are necessary!

Reverse Engineering

How the sausage is made.

Mathematical Illusion

It gets even weirder if you consider bases other than ten.

By Convention

“Why do we use these weird units?”

“Historical reasons.”

“Also, cosmic rays are electromagnetic radiation, right?”

“No, that’s a historical accident too. It’s convention now.”

Selection Pressure

“If you’re the weakest link, you’re left behind.”