Telescopes and databases
Astronomy changes. So do the kind of people who become astronomers.
How it’s done
Articles Tagged with mathematics
Knowing what you know
Learning for yourself
Cutting it short
Learning and relearning
A grand memory for forgetting
Learning in compartments
There is so much to take in that we divide up our task subject by subject, rarely allowing something we’ve learned in one class (or other environment) to leak over into another. This is not, in general, a good thing.
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.
Greece vs. Bablylon
Two kinds of mathematics
Mathematics, at almost any level, can be either practical or ideal. Problems arise when the two kinds are confused.
Ideal lies
Why learn something that isn’t true?
As we progress in school, the lessons get more difficult and complicated. Sometimes they’re difficult because we have to unlearn things.