Tag: Back Roads Dark Skies

• The week in review (August 25-31)

  Welcome to the weekly round-up of stories I wrote this week, wherever they hide. A tour of physics, Angry Birds style (Double X Science): The odds are good that you’ve played Angry Birds, even if (like me) you don’t own a device that will run the game. My colleague Rhett Allain wrote a book for…

  Matthew R. Francis

  August 31, 2013

  Ars Technica, Double X Science, Galileo’s Pendulum, Writing for Other Sites

  Back Roads Dark Skies, books, lightning, Milky Way, particle accelerators, particle physics, supermassive black holes

• Frequently asked questions about my book-in-progress

  Writing a book is one of those brain-consuming things. I swear I mention it to everyone (“Could I get a medium dark roast, please, and did I tell you I’m writing a book?”), but of course nobody could be as obsessed with my book as much as I am, so it’s not always obvious if…

  Matthew R. Francis

  August 16, 2013

  Metablog

  Back Roads Dark Skies

• Talking about dark matter in a bar

  Next Tuesday (June 4, 2013) I will be speaking at SciencePub RVA, a monthly gathering at The Camel in Richmond, Virginia. The doors open at 6 PM, and my talk starts at 7 PM. The event is free, but we’d love it if you would register, so we have an idea of the crowd size.…

  Matthew R. Francis

  May 30, 2013

  Public speaking, Science outreach

  Back Roads Dark Skies, dark matter, SciencePub RVA