Articles Tagged with calculation

Better but harder

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Simple becomes difficult

We ponder how the same scientific task gets harder with time.

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Updates

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Light and peppers

We report on things inevitable and unpredictable.

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Liquids in space?

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Chemical calculations

An offhand comment led to a set of hybrid calculations.

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Programmable (II)

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Victory of the geeks

We note one time when the computer-engineers won over the marketers.

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What kind of scientist?

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Astronomers of different eras

We note that different kinds of people have become astronomers, depending on when they worked.

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The limits of the eye

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Ordering the planets

There are some things that the naked eye just can’t do.

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One’s own sky

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The kitchen as sundial

We notice that calibrated instruments are not always necessary.

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Old-fashioned astronomers (I)

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Arlo Landolt

The importance of calibration.

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Distant cousins

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The extended family

We make a count of our relations.

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Reading the dial (II)

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Graphs and indicators

Digits can be deceiving.

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