Archive - Professor Robert

Vaccine Rollout in the United States

Can Pfizer and Moderna increase vaccine production rate by a factor of twenty, by April-June? Paul Ostrowski thinks they can.

Jan 11, 2021 •

Robert Rutledge

The Red Wine Diet

I've come to think of red wine as a diet drink.

Jan 1, 2021 •

Robert Rutledge

December 2020

The Coming Electoral College Hullabaloo

On January 6th, you can expect tumult. For the 2020 election, it will come to naught. But it will be the rip of the lasting schism in the Republican…

Dec 15, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

November 2020

The Sacher Torte

A recipe, with provenance to Sacher's kitchen, via Alice B. Toklas

Nov 28, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

Your White Friends and Family Voted For Trump, All But One

The following was written in late November, 2016, in the wake of the 2016 US Presidential election. The very long table is down from the attic, set in…

Nov 26, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

September 2020

The San Marino Limit: A Covid19 Hypothesis

What if, whatever happened in San Marino, happens everywhere?

Sep 12, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

August 2020

Kill the Trillionaires

August 27, 2020

Aug 27, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

June 2020

Can You Safely Go Out?

I wanted to know: If I go out, how likely am I to get infected with coronavirus? I figured it out. You can, too. Read about it, here.

Jun 9, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

Mean Half Time To Infection

How infectious is your community, really?

Jun 6, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

May 2020

What is the Solution?

What is the solution to Minneapolis?

May 30, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

March 2020

Age and Coronavirus

What if the reason many countries have not identified COVID19 within their borders, is that there's so few people there who might die from it?

Mar 15, 2020 •

Robert Rutledge

Stories of our World Become Clearer in Numbers

Welcome to “Professor Robert” by me, Robert Rutledge. Associate Professor @McGillUPhysics. Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher @astronomerstel. Opinions…

Mar 15, 2020

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