A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation
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Category Archives: Arts
Is pink a real colour?
This is an important physics question, on which I gave an opinion in BBC Science Focus. This week, after the fun travels of the previous week, I have mostly been marking Mathematical Methods III exams. I don’t really have anything … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged BBC, Cats, Science Focus
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Pi, and why we don’t melt
I got involved in a discussion the other day, initiated by the science writer Natalie Wolchover, about the geometry of the Earth and our intuitive understanding of it.
Posted in Mathematics, Physics, Science, Travel, Writing
Tagged BBC, Natalie Wolchover, Science Focus
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Focus: Why are bubbles round?
I may not have added to this blog for quite some time, but I have been writing… For example, there was this paper on LHC data and composite Dark Matter. Perhaps more accessibly, I have been writing some little physics … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science, Writing
Tagged BBC, Bubbles, Clara Nellist, contur, Cosmic Shambles, dark matter, Helen Czerski, Robin Ince, Science Focus
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War Poetry
The marching band came down along Main StreetThe soldier blues fell in behind O it was sad enough, weak enough, mad enough,Light in their loving as soldiers can be.First to risk choosing them, leave alone losing themNow, in far battle, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Rambling
Tagged Mitch Murray, Peter Callander, Thomas Hardy
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Life and Physics 