A statement on the advancement of science
My friends I have been a little quiet of late, and those who have been reading recently will know why; the unthinkable happened and Britain voted to exit the European […]
I can’t escape anyone’s biology
So my friends the time has come. We have worked through some fascinating physics, we have considered the political implications of certain decisions on science. We have looked at some […]
A functional approach
Another little piece of chemistry today, because we did say we would try to keep a broad mind. It is often of bemusement to me why organic chemistry takes up […]
Black-body radiation
Black-body radiation is a concept you will need to grapple with when looking at cosmic background radiation, (should you choose to do so – and I would implore you to, […]
Perspective matters
Anyone who knows anything about the cosmos will know that it is vast – I hope I don’t need to tell my readers this still however the vastness of the […]
The flatness problem
I am doing a reasonable amount of reading in inflationary cosmology at the moment, thanks to a talk I went to with a German Dr of Cosmology last week – […]
A theoretical crisis
My chances to speak with brilliant minds seems to be increasing… I am sure there is a way I can isolate the variables and model this – were my differential […]
Electron configuration demystification
Today I want to talk about electron configuration because I think it is one of the biggest failings of the education system. It is widely accepted in schools that we […]
We’ve got Chemistry
For anyone who regularly follows my blog, or for those I interact with regularly I must apologise – if you follow my twitter you will know I got marooned on […]
The age of the robots
I recently attended a talk by the Institute of Physics talking about advancements in robotics and what the future might realistically look like; i.e. not what a Hollywood director thinks […]
Rationalising The Universe 