Author Archives: tkflor

Self-publishing a mainstream novel – Q&A with Catherine Ryan Howard

Posted on October 24, 2014 by tkflor

Catherine, in her own words, is “a writer, self-publisher and caffeine enthusiast from Cork, Ireland.” I first saw Catherine’s blog, ‘Catherine, Caffeinated‘, in the summer, when I was starting to explore the option of self publishing. To promote her new … Continue reading →

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The Falling Sky – contemporary fiction with realistic physics

Posted on October 5, 2014 by tkflor

‘Do you believe it?’ Ah, that word again. It sounds odd in this space. They are all used to statistical odds, experiment, proof, even uncertainty, but they rarely talk about belief. It sounds too human. And they like to pretend … Continue reading →

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How many Higgs fields might be on a head of a pin?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by tkflor

If you have a moment to spare, try a word association game with the word “field”. You might think of words as different as battle, baseball, oil, and strawberries. Now, if a physicist played the game, he (and occasionally she) … Continue reading →

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New York, New York

Posted on August 29, 2014 by tkflor

Manhattan, on a sunny August day. Music, please…

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Particle Fever – How many views would it get on YouTube?

Posted on August 24, 2014 by tkflor

Particle Fever is a documentary film about physicists’ search for the Higgs boson. Official site, Trailer on YouTube: The movie trails milestones in the launching of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, shows some nerve-wrecking moments, and celebrates the triumph … Continue reading →

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Literature vs. Disruptive technology

Posted on August 16, 2014 by tkflor

The epic verbal battle of the summer belongs to the much publicized negotiations between Hachette and Amazon. Megastars like Stephen King and Nora Roberts, battalions of indie authors, publishers of every size, and even the New York Times chimed in … Continue reading →

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Fiction, Physics, and BBC

Posted on August 13, 2014 by tkflor

“You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big space is,” said the author Douglas Adams. This citation from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy opens the BBC’s animated guide to “Big Bang: How the Universe was created” . The … Continue reading →

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Welcome

Posted on August 12, 2014 by tkflor

Hi and welcome to my blog! I was asked today what does the illustration on the banner of the blog mean. The short answer – it’s a brief history of our universe. The “Timeline of the Universe Image” by NASA/WAMP … Continue reading →

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What is The Hungry Boson?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by tkflor

Write your guesses! Update: See answer on The Hungry Boson

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