Articles Tagged with astronomy

Gaps in knowledge

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High and low

We note some gaps in our expertise.

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But first-

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The two-step problem

We identify a major block to productivity.

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Getting the stars right

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Does it matter?

We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be.

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Octopus arithmetic

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How different could it get?

We ponder how to communicate with aliens.

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Too simple, or not simple enough

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Modeling stars

How do you know when you’ve included all the important things?

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What it looks like

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The craters of the Moon

It looks like something familiar. . .

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Misnaming things

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The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Old projects

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A plea for documentation

We pull out something from the archives.

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The answers

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and explanations

We present the answers to last week’s conundrums.

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time and tide

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Teaching complexity

Almost every subject is complicated if you go deeply enough into it.  Where do you stop teaching?

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