There is a fascinating video on the Nature website about the Antikythera Mechanism (link to Nature letter). Here’s another video on the topic.
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The Antikythera Mechanism
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Geocaching in London
Yesterday I went into London and had a go at some geocaching. By the end of the day I must have walked some 18km (when I finished caching I turned off the GPS, but still had some walking to do). I got 13 geocaches, with a couple of ‘did not finds’. That brings me up [...]
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Challenger
It is 20 years ago today that the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
I well remember this, it was a huge event. I saw it on television, and could not believe it. The explosion, then those two rockets flying off in seperate directions.
Of course, it provoked the expected bad taste playground ‘humour’, such as ‘Q. What colour [...]
The Holocaust was condemned in 1942
Today, in 1942, the House of Commons condemned the massacre of Jews by Germany.
This is news to me, I wasn’t aware that that the holocaust was public knowledge until the end of the war. I wonder how much of this percolated through to the ‘man on the street’? Even hearing about it, I doubt [...]
Guy Fawkes Day
Remember, Remember; the Fifth of November,
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot…
Today is the 400th anniversary of the plotto blow up parliament. The plot involved Thomas Bates, Guy Fawkes, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and Thomas Wintour.
This would have been one of [...]