Quadruple digits! Yes, this is our 1000^th post here at Cosmic Variance. In honor of which we will -- well, nothing special. But I will indulge in some shameless pluggery.
Today, you see, is the official publication date of The Physics of the Buffyverse, by the blogosphere's own Jennifer Ouellette. I'm not going to offer a proper review of the book, because (1) I've only had a chance to skim it thus far, and (2) the author bakes me scones, which is a conflict of interest if ever I've seen one. But you could do a lot worse than buying a few copies for yourself and all your friends, let me assure you. The construction of the title -- The [field of academic inquiry] of [product of human imagination] -- is by now well-known, inspired in large part by Lawrence Krauss's The Physics of Star Trek. (In addition to the ...
