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Rhett Allain

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Rhett Allain is an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. He enjoys teaching and talking about physics. Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together.

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How Can You Classify Science Bloggers?

May 24, 2011 8:44 AM

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Is the Launch Speed in Angry Birds Constant?

May 23, 2011 9:11 AM

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Motivational Physics

May 21, 2011 9:01 AM

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How Tall is Dan Meyer?

May 19, 2011 8:14 AM

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How Can you Model Twitter Traffic?

May 17, 2011 8:46 AM

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Where Does the Carbon Come From?

May 13, 2011 12:00 PM

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The Physics of a Spinning Ring

May 10, 2011 7:00 PM

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What Happens When You Slam On the Brakes in a 747?

May 9, 2011 7:44 PM

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How Efficient is a Freight Train?

May 6, 2011 11:35 AM

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May the 4th Be With You: Could Han Shoot Second?

May 4, 2011 8:22 AM

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Flip Teaching: What Happens When Homework is in Class?

May 3, 2011 8:17 AM

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How Fast Was this Crazy Car Jump?

Apr 30, 2011 10:32 AM

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Low Performing Institutions

Apr 28, 2011 7:10 PM

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I Think I Need a Better Mileage Model

Apr 28, 2011 11:38 AM

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What is the Terminal Velocity of an iPhone?

Apr 27, 2011 8:00 AM

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How Does the Green Angry Bird Work?

Apr 25, 2011 8:11 PM

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Is Driving Slow so Bad?

Apr 21, 2011 8:16 AM

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Finding the Mass of the Super Ball: Method 1

Apr 19, 2011 7:02 PM

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What is the Problem with Teacher Professional Development

Apr 18, 2011 2:20 PM

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Fractional Representations of Irrational Numbers

Apr 18, 2011 8:11 AM