Open-ended meetings
Our astronomer observes many loose ends.
Articles Tagged with history
A hands-on process
Telling time
Maps and apps
In principle and in practice
Another way we may be inadvertently changing how we see the world.
The past in my pocket
Thruppence and history
Paying with physical money, especially pocket change, is going away. That will make future historians’ work harder.
Human limitations
Relative paradoxes
A note on the sociology of science
A recent article on one of the great scientists in the field of General Relativity prompted our astronomer to reflect on stereotypes in science, and how sometimes they can be very wrong.
Junk mail
Making things easy
New technology often makes a task much easier to do. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s done better.
School’s out
The ancestral line
Genealogy and history
Some people put tremendous effort into extending and filling in their family trees. In the end, what purpose does it serve?