At almost the point in time that I will post this, the sun (viewed from the stand point of an inhabitant of the northern hemisphere, which I am) will reach the end of its journey to the south and turning start its long journey* to the north bringing in their turn the spring and eventually [...]
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December 21, 2009
I’m back although I haven’t been away!
Things have been more than quiet around here for quite a long time. I have been swamped by work that left me feeling less than enthusiastic about sitting down and writing something for the blog. Added to this I have been fighting a war on two fronts with the tax people and with my health [...]
August 31, 2009
Newton and the Counterfeiter on the Radio.
Thom Levenson’s book Newton and the Counterfeiter is being serialised this week on BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. You can listen to it live from 9.45 to 10.00 a.m. BST here on the intertubes. If you want to hear it at a time more convenient to your own time zone you can hear [...]
August 31, 2009
“Schnupps” 25th January 1988 – 24th August 2009
I often introduced her to strangers as the ‘No. 1 Lady in my life’, it was said jokingly but meant fairly seriously; a variation on the cliché “a man’s best friend is his dog” here it was “a man’s best girlfriend is his bitch”. Her real name was Gypsy but she was more often Schnuppy [...]
July 17, 2009
Giant’s Shoulders #13
The Giant’s Shoulders #13 is up at Skulls in the Stars and a bumper crop of excellent articles on the history of science it is too. Above all gg has done a wonderful job of presenting this, the first anniversary edition of the carnival. Go take a look and he will take you on a [...]
