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How To Teach Physics To Your Dog is a pop-science book by blogger Chad Orzel, which explains quantum physics through a series of dialogues between the author and his dog Emmy. Yes, it's as funny as it sounds.

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Adaptation Expansion: The book started out as a Rabbit Hole Day blog post.
Author Avatar: The author is one of the two major characters in the dialogues.
The Ditz: Emmy, who goes looking for steak from alternate universes, waits for bunnies made of cheese to spontaneously appear in her backyard, and can be distracted from anything with a simple, "Look! A squirrel!"
Honest Johns Dealership: The evil squirrels selling zero-point energy generators and "enhanced water".
Instructional Dialogue: Between the author and Emmy.
Mr. Exposition: The Author Avatar naturally assumes this role.
Shout Out
- To Discworld: The phrase "because of Quantum" pops up occasionally, as does the idea that Schrodinger's cat has three possible states: Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
- To Star Trek: The evil alternate-universe squirrels feel the need to wear fake goatees; also, the Star Trek transporter gets constantly name-checked in the quantum teleportation chapter.
- To Godel Escher Bach, or possibly to Zen Buddhism in general: Emmy constantly insists that she has Buddha-nature.
Talking Animal: Emmy.
The Watson: Emmy again.

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 ''How To Teach Physics To Your Dog'' is a pop-science book by blogger [http://scienceblogs.com/principles/ Chad Orzel], which explains quantum physics through a series of dialogues between the author and his dog Emmy. Yes, it's as funny as it sounds.