Lee Phillips
@badphysicist.bsky.social
Physicist and writer.
https://lee-phillips.org/
https://lee-phillips.org/
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lee-phillips.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
In my chapter on solar energy in the book¹ “Managing Global Warming” I used Ray Kurzeil’s attempt to predict future photovoltaic usage as an example of naive and faulty use of math to make bad predictions.
[1] elsevier.com/books/managi...
[1] elsevier.com/books/managi...
Managing Global Warming
Managing Global Warming: An Interface of Technology and Human Issues discusses the causes of global warming, the options available to solve global war
elsevier.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
In my chapter on solar energy in the book¹ “Managing Global Warming” I used Ray Kurzeil’s attempt to predict future photovoltaic usage as an example of naive and faulty use of math to make bad predictions.
[1] elsevier.com/books/managi...
[1] elsevier.com/books/managi...
Universal praise for _Einstein’s Tutor_ (amzn.to/3YZZB4W):
#Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”
#Physics #Education: “Fascinating”
London Times: “full of lessons for the international scientific community today”.
#Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”
#Physics #Education: “Fascinating”
London Times: “full of lessons for the international scientific community today”.
Einstein's Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics
Emmy Noether's mathematical genius enabled Einstein to bring his General Theory of Relativity–the basis of our current theory of gravity–to fruition. On a larger scale, what came to be known as “Noeth...
amzn.to
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Universal praise for _Einstein’s Tutor_ (amzn.to/3YZZB4W):
#Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”
#Physics #Education: “Fascinating”
London Times: “full of lessons for the international scientific community today”.
#Science: “Phillips’ writing shines…everyone will learn something new from this book.”
#Physics #Education: “Fascinating”
London Times: “full of lessons for the international scientific community today”.
lee-phillips.org/notweyl
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
About a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder.
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
About a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder.
Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break
lee-phillips.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
lee-phillips.org/notweyl
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
About a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder.
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
About a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder.
You know about leap years.
But have your heard about the the leap second? arstechnica.com/science/2016...
But have your heard about the the leap second? arstechnica.com/science/2016...
The leap second: Because our clocks are more accurate than the Earth
The Earth's lurches are erratic, so we don't even know when the next one is needed.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
You know about leap years.
But have your heard about the the leap second? arstechnica.com/science/2016...
But have your heard about the the leap second? arstechnica.com/science/2016...
Need your #code to be faster but don’t want to use Fortran or C? Learn Julia, the modern language for #HPC, with a quality book. Here are some options:
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang - its speed and friendly syntax is taking it beyond #science to #finance and other areas.
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang - its speed and friendly syntax is taking it beyond #science to #finance and other areas.
Rankings of Julia books on Amazon
lee-phillips.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Need your #code to be faster but don’t want to use Fortran or C? Learn Julia, the modern language for #HPC, with a quality book. Here are some options:
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang - its speed and friendly syntax is taking it beyond #science to #finance and other areas.
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang - its speed and friendly syntax is taking it beyond #science to #finance and other areas.
Mamdani, Antisemitism, and a Stealth Correction by the New York
Times
lee-phillips.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“Typst and other #LaTeX competitors”
My article about #Typst in the latest edition of #Linux Magazine is now available.
www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/...
My article about #Typst in the latest edition of #Linux Magazine is now available.
www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/...
Modern LaTeX » Linux Magazine
LaTeX has been the standard in technical document preparation for decades. Has a potential replacement finally arrived?
www.linux-magazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
“Typst and other #LaTeX competitors”
My article about #Typst in the latest edition of #Linux Magazine is now available.
www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/...
My article about #Typst in the latest edition of #Linux Magazine is now available.
www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/...
lee-phillips.org/nytIHRA
The New York Times is willing to go quite far to make Mayor #Mamdani appear palatable to its readers.
The New York Times is willing to go quite far to make Mayor #Mamdani appear palatable to its readers.
Mamdani, Antisemitism, and a Stealth Correction by the New York
Times
lee-phillips.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
lee-phillips.org/nytIHRA
The New York Times is willing to go quite far to make Mayor #Mamdani appear palatable to its readers.
The New York Times is willing to go quite far to make Mayor #Mamdani appear palatable to its readers.
Julia is quickly becoming the successor to Fortran, once the standard for high-performance computing in science, mathematics, and engineering. It’s powerful and fun to use. Get a solid foundation with a good book:
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang #physics #programming #mathematics
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang #physics #programming #mathematics
Rankings of Julia books on Amazon
lee-phillips.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Julia is quickly becoming the successor to Fortran, once the standard for high-performance computing in science, mathematics, and engineering. It’s powerful and fun to use. Get a solid foundation with a good book:
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang #physics #programming #mathematics
lee-phillips.org/amazonJuliaB...
#julialang #physics #programming #mathematics
Reposted by Lee Phillips
Mamdani, Antisemitism, and a Stealth Correction by the New York
Times
lee-phillips.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It may be easier than you think to make an interactive website using Julia, the best language for scientific computing. Here’s one that simulates the acoustics of plucked string instruments:
lee-phillips.org/pluckit/
#julialang #music #htmx #scicomm
lee-phillips.org/pluckit/
#julialang #music #htmx #scicomm
The Plucked String
lee-phillips.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:14 AM
It may be easier than you think to make an interactive website using Julia, the best language for scientific computing. Here’s one that simulates the acoustics of plucked string instruments:
lee-phillips.org/pluckit/
#julialang #music #htmx #scicomm
lee-phillips.org/pluckit/
#julialang #music #htmx #scicomm
Mamdani, Antisemitism, and a Stealth Correction by the New York
Times
lee-phillips.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Charlotte Zwerin’s 1988 documentary, “Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser,” is out on a new Blu-ray¹. I used to own a laserdisc² of this fascinating, revelatory and disturbing film³.
1 amazon.com/Thelonious-S...
2 filmstories.co.uk/features/las...
3 criterion.com/films/33809-...
#music #jazz
1 amazon.com/Thelonious-S...
2 filmstories.co.uk/features/las...
3 criterion.com/films/33809-...
#music #jazz
Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser (The Criterion Collection) [Bluray]
The closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser captures the pianist, composer, and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on- and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality. Made with the same freedom of spirit that defines Monk’s artistry, this essential slice of jazz history is a unique glimpse into the quixotic world of one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary artists.BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackIntroduction by director Charlotte ZwerinNew interview with musician T. S. Monk, son of Thelonious MonkNew program about Zwerin and the making of the film featuring interviews with writer Michael Schulman, editor Bernadine Colish, and Zwerin’s nieces Lisa and Laura TesoneTrailerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by musician and scholar Paul Grimstad
amazon.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Charlotte Zwerin’s 1988 documentary, “Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser,” is out on a new Blu-ray¹. I used to own a laserdisc² of this fascinating, revelatory and disturbing film³.
1 amazon.com/Thelonious-S...
2 filmstories.co.uk/features/las...
3 criterion.com/films/33809-...
#music #jazz
1 amazon.com/Thelonious-S...
2 filmstories.co.uk/features/las...
3 criterion.com/films/33809-...
#music #jazz
Astrophysicist @AstroKatie says that “Noether’s Theorem is to theoretical #physics what natural selection is to #biology.”
Find out what this theorem is and discover the inspiring and tragic life of the woman behind it: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
Find out what this theorem is and discover the inspiring and tragic life of the woman behind it: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
Einstein's Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics
Einstein's Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics [Phillips, Lee] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Einstein's Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics
amzn.to
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Astrophysicist @AstroKatie says that “Noether’s Theorem is to theoretical #physics what natural selection is to #biology.”
Find out what this theorem is and discover the inspiring and tragic life of the woman behind it: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
Find out what this theorem is and discover the inspiring and tragic life of the woman behind it: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
American Scientist: “Some of the most elegant science communication in the book unfolds as Phillips walks us through what symmetry means in Noether’s theorem.”
americanscientist.org/article/hidd...
Learn about the hidden #history of #physics: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
americanscientist.org/article/hidd...
Learn about the hidden #history of #physics: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
Hidden Genius
EINSTEIN’S TUTOR: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics. Lee Phillips. 368 pp. PublicAffairs, 2024. $30.00.
americanscientist.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
American Scientist: “Some of the most elegant science communication in the book unfolds as Phillips walks us through what symmetry means in Noether’s theorem.”
americanscientist.org/article/hidd...
Learn about the hidden #history of #physics: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
americanscientist.org/article/hidd...
Learn about the hidden #history of #physics: amzn.to/3YZZB4W
Polyglot Jet Finding:
arxiv.org/abs/2309.17309
This paper in experimental high-energy physics is a good example of why Julia is popular for scientific calculations.
It shows that #julialang is over 100 times faster than Python and even faster than C++.
arxiv.org/abs/2309.17309
This paper in experimental high-energy physics is a good example of why Julia is popular for scientific calculations.
It shows that #julialang is over 100 times faster than Python and even faster than C++.
Polyglot Jet Finding
The evaluation of new computing languages for a large community, like HEP, involves comparison of many aspects of the languages' behaviour, ecosystem and interactions with other languages. In this pap...
arxiv.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Polyglot Jet Finding:
arxiv.org/abs/2309.17309
This paper in experimental high-energy physics is a good example of why Julia is popular for scientific calculations.
It shows that #julialang is over 100 times faster than Python and even faster than C++.
arxiv.org/abs/2309.17309
This paper in experimental high-energy physics is a good example of why Julia is popular for scientific calculations.
It shows that #julialang is over 100 times faster than Python and even faster than C++.
The book “Practical Julia” contains many working examples in #physics #biology #statistics, and more.
I’ve never enjoyed scientific #programming more than after learning #julialang. From simulation to data visualization, it’s a joy to work with.
lee-phillips.org/juliabook/pr...
I’ve never enjoyed scientific #programming more than after learning #julialang. From simulation to data visualization, it’s a joy to work with.
lee-phillips.org/juliabook/pr...
lee-phillips.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The book “Practical Julia” contains many working examples in #physics #biology #statistics, and more.
I’ve never enjoyed scientific #programming more than after learning #julialang. From simulation to data visualization, it’s a joy to work with.
lee-phillips.org/juliabook/pr...
I’ve never enjoyed scientific #programming more than after learning #julialang. From simulation to data visualization, it’s a joy to work with.
lee-phillips.org/juliabook/pr...
Reposted by Lee Phillips
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
And don’t forget the leap second: arstechnica.com/science/2016...
The leap second: Because our clocks are more accurate than the Earth
The Earth's lurches are erratic, so we don't even know when the next one is needed.
arstechnica.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:20 PM
And don’t forget the leap second: arstechnica.com/science/2016...
lee-phillips.org/notweyl
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
Where I complain about a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder
... and complain some more, as she doubles down in today’s otherwise excellent explainer video.
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
Where I complain about a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder
... and complain some more, as she doubles down in today’s otherwise excellent explainer video.
Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break
lee-phillips.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
lee-phillips.org/notweyl
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
Where I complain about a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder
... and complain some more, as she doubles down in today’s otherwise excellent explainer video.
“Emmy Noether Can’t Get a Break”
Where I complain about a recent video from Sabine Hossenfelder
... and complain some more, as she doubles down in today’s otherwise excellent explainer video.
Klein bottles and nuclear #fusion
lee-phillips.org/smiet
Some old #math finds an unexpected application.
#physics
lee-phillips.org/smiet
Some old #math finds an unexpected application.
#physics
Klein bottles and nuclear fusion
lee-phillips.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Klein bottles and nuclear #fusion
lee-phillips.org/smiet
Some old #math finds an unexpected application.
#physics
lee-phillips.org/smiet
Some old #math finds an unexpected application.
#physics