explanation

Telling time

Waiting for the kalends

How you tell time tells something about you.

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Cutting it short

How is a poster like a sonnet?

Our astronomer struggles to fit into a limited space.

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A gathering of astronomers

When scientists get together

Sociology, ecology, economics and linguistics in astronomy.

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Maps and apps

In principle and in practice

Another way we may be inadvertently changing how we see the world.

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Looking at and looking through

Ways of seeing

What you see depends on how you look.

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Learning and relearning

Holes in one’s memory

Not everything we learn sticks.  This can be discouraging.

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Surveys and telephones

Fitting in the box

If you don’t ask the question, you won’t get the answer.

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Several things at once

Multiplexed astronomy

An example of answering several questions at once, by doing several kinds of observation at once.

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Just like it sounds

Reforming English spelling?

Learning how to spell in English is difficult.  Reforming the system would be harder.

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Tradeoffs

In balance

Some actions are obviously good and right.  Looking more widely, it may be less obvious.

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