Relativity has been in the news quite a bit recently with the detection of neutrinos apparently travelling faster than the speed of light. Although most people don’t know the details of Einstein’s theory of Relativity, many are aware of the “cosmic speed limit” predicted in it, and also the most famous equation in physics which [...]
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Galilean Relativity
Posted in History, Physics, tagged Einsten, faster than light, Galileo, Physics, Relativity on 18/11/2011 | Leave a Comment »
The birthplace of modern astrophysics
Posted in Astronomy, History, Physics, Science, tagged 40-inch, Astrophysics, George Ellery Hale, Refractor, The Astrophysical Journal, World's largest telescope on 15/11/2011 | 6 Comments »
Last Thursday (10th of November) I gave a talk to Swansea Astronomical Society. This is the 3rd or 4th time I have talked to them, and I was asked by Dr. Steve Wainwright to talk about the early history of the Universty of Chicago‘s Yerkes Observatory. I worked at Yerkes from 1995 to 2001, during [...]
The Antikythera Mechanism Decoded
Posted in Physics, Technology, tagged Cardiff University, Fraud, Mark Brake, public lectures on 20/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
A very brief post-ette to mention that this evening I am going to a public lecture on the Antikythera Mechanism, presented by Cardiff University’s very own Professor Mike Edmunds (the same Mike Edmunds who was the erstwhile supervisor of the disgraced ex-professor (but now just Mr.) Mark Brake). I will write up a report on [...]
