How science is done (I)
We look at an extraordinary data set.
Articles Tagged with manual control
Making a drawing (II)
Putting pen to paper
Photography: the hard part
Keeping track
It’s still the same task, digital or film. And it is still not done well, sometimes at all, by most photographers.
Consider construction
The navigator’s watch
A hands-on process
Surveys and telephones
Ringing the changes
The sophisticated basis of old technology
Our astronomer spent a few years in England, where he learned something of the arcane art of ringing church bells. In the belfries of that country are wonderful examples of essentially Medieval technology that also demonstrate advanced mathematical and physical ideas.
The yellow zone vs. the idiot light
What information are you given as an operator?
Much about automobiles has changed greatly over the past decade or two. Part of it comes from different ideas of what the driver should be doing.