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: Rambling
The relativity of age
Right, well the weekend was fun. We went to Cambridge which, while only 48mins away on the train, felt like an adventure in these coronaviral times. The world has shrunk to a plague-stricken village, while at the same time growing … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophysics, Rambling, Travel
Tagged BBC, Big Bang, Cambridge, Cosmic Shambles, Science Focus, Standard Model, Steven Weinberg
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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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Quite a turn
Early this evening, when I had finished an afternoon of interviewing PhD candidates over zoom, I set off to meet my wife, who had, for her approved exercise, gone walking over Hampstead Heath. I phoned her to check the route … Continue reading
Bayeaux Zoom Meeting
Just thought I’d leave this here.
Posted in Rambling, Silly, Technology
Tagged Coronavirus, meetings, zoom
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