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NIL deGrasse Tyson knows nothing about nothing
They are back! Neil deGrasse Tyson is once again spouting total crap about the history of mathematics and has managed to stir the HISTSCI_HULK back into butt kicking action. The offending object that provoked the HISTSCI_HULK’s ire is a Star … Continue reading
Filed under History of Mathematics, Myths of Science
Hubble telescope and Leeuwenhoek bollocks from NdGT
Back in May 2023, Renaissance Mathematicus friend, Michael Barton, expert for all things Darwinian, drew our attention to a new piece of history of science hot air from the HISTSCI_HULK’s least favourite windbag, Neil deGrasse Tyson. This time it’s a clip from one … Continue reading
Flat Moon, I saw you skimming the skies…[1]
Old Hulky[2] was thinking of taking time off for the summer and retiring to an ice floe[3] in the North Atlantic for a couple of weeks to escape the heat wave, when Neil deGrasse Tyson has to go and publish a piece … Continue reading
Filed under History of Astronomy, History of cosmology, Myths of Science
Telescopic bollocks from NdGT
Renaissance Mathematicus friend, Michael Barton, expert for all things Darwinian, drew our attention to a new piece of history of science hot air from the HISTSCI_HULK’s least favourite windbag, Neil deGrasse Tyson. This time it’s a clip from one of … Continue reading
Filed under History of Astronomy, Myths of Science
Is he Moonstruck?
Definition of moonstruck: affected by or as if by the moon: such as: mentally unbalanced There was a total lunar eclipse on Monday 16 May. This celestial event was, of course, widely announced in advance on social media, with experts giving … Continue reading
Filed under History of Astrology, History of Astronomy
Rants, Rage, Rudeness, and Respect
A man that I’ve never come across before, Brett Hall, has taken me to task in, what he terms, a newsletter on YouTube for being rude to Neil deGrasse Tyson. Before somebody drew my attention to his comments, I had … Continue reading
Filed under Autobiographical, Myths of Science
Annus mythologicus
Almost inevitably Newton’s so-called Annus mirabilis has become a social media meme during the current pandemic and the resulting quarantine. Not surprisingly Neil deGrasse Tyson has once again led the charge with the following on Twitter: When Isaac Newton stayed … Continue reading
A mini-pre-vacation rant roundup
I don’t seem to have provoked anyone for quite sometime, so I thought I would set up a quick Hist_Sci Hulk triple threat match before I disappear off on holiday. What follows are three things that irritated me on the … Continue reading
Filed under Myths of Science
Did Eratosthenes really measure the size of the earth?
Last Thursday was Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and The Guardian chose to mark the occasion with an article by astrophysicist turned journalist and novelist, Stuart Clark, who chose to regale his readers with a bit of history of … Continue reading
Why doesn’t he just shut up?
Neil deGrasse Tyson (NdGT), probably the most influential science communicator in the world, spends a lot of time spouting out the message that learning science allows you to better detect bullshit, charlatans, fake news etc. etc. However it apparently doesn’t … Continue reading
Filed under History of Optics, History of science, Myths of Science, Newton
The Renaissance Mathematicus 