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Joshua Roebke

@joshuaroebke.bsky.social
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Author, essayist, critic. No physicist, but played one in grad school. Writing history of particle physics, The Invisible World. Whiting Grantee. UTexas prof in LA. www.joshuaroebke.com

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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
but mostly, the wisdom of a 5 year old and Keanu Reeves
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Majuscule @majusculelit.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
in Mj 19 @joshuaroebke.bsky.social has a stirring meditation on Italy, soccer, and, uh, death:
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After Life - Majuscule
Death, Soccer, and Art in Naples My five-year-old son knows he and everyone else will die. He understands the universality of death because we, his parents, have refused to euphemize or lie. His quest...
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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"I have made you a book with a bunch of tidbits on the oddities of the universe," @chanda.blacksky.app said. "The universe is stranger and more queer and more wonderful and more full of possibility than whatever limitations you might be experiencing." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...
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A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Love this. Two of my favs had a chat about physics and poetry.
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hi. After > 15 years of writing and research, I am FINALLY turning in a draft of my book, The Invisible World. It's the stories of the people, particles, and forces that made the modern world. A history of the invisible objects and ideas that shaped science, art, technology, politics, etc.
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Steven Phelps @evolbrain.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Teaming up with @joshuaroebke.bsky.social to develop a grad class called "Scientists as Writers." We want to merge a craft workshop with a scicomm class while writing for different audiences. PLEASE reply w 1) science writing resources you like & 2) things you wish were taught but are not. THANKS!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 22/01/2025
Speak up, even if your voice shakes when you do it
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Nope. Still the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps.
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
So much ash has been falling on us the past few hours it has felt like LA is now the Upside Down.
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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
NBCC member @joshuaroebke.bsky.social wrote about realism and the nature of experiments in physics and fiction, especially in Spanish literature, for Aeon:
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How the novel became a laboratory for experimental physics | Aeon Essays
By testing the boundaries of reality, Spanish-language authors have created a sublime counterpart to experimental physics
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
It's my birthday so let's review. Raised a bit of a rumpus this year. I wrote about relationships and math for @asheld.bsky.social at @therumpus.net "We reason with infinity much as we do with any other boundless abstraction, such as freedom and justice and love." therumpus.net/2024/06/20/p...
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Parallel Practice: Aftermath - The Rumpus
This is often all I need from it. To make sense of some immediate piece. To ease the ache of existence.
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
So excited to see this great piece of writing out from my buddy @joshuaroebke.bsky.social! Recommended reading!
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This gorgeous new piece by @joshuaroebke.bsky.social should be essential reading. Scientists MUST understand the power of fiction (and history, and art) and we must use whatever sway we have in the Academy to help others value the humanities as they should… aeon.co/essays/how-t...
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How the novel became a laboratory for experimental physics | Aeon Essays
By testing the boundaries of reality, Spanish-language authors have created a sublime counterpart to experimental physics
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
You almost certainly believe there is little overlap between the routines and aspirations of fiction writers and physicists. You are almost certainly wrong. Wrote about the nature of experiments in physics and fiction. aeon.co/essays/how-t...
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How the novel became a laboratory for experimental physics | Aeon Essays
By testing the boundaries of reality, Spanish-language authors have created a sublime counterpart to experimental physics
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Joshua Roebke @joshuaroebke.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I live in LA but does this doll look like Larry David to anyone else?
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