A mathematics teacher is not much like a nineteenth-century railroad worker–but there are parallels. Our consultant who tutors High School math and science continues to learn from it; sometimes, his students do also.
One of our consultants has an interesting device for camping or possibly a disaster situation. On closer examination it appeared to us that it hadn’t been quite thought through. Then we examined it more closely still.
Our photographic consultant finds that the camera he uses can have an unsubtle effect on the pictures he takes.
Life always seems to get louder and more insistent. There are reasons for this, though it’s not a good trend.
Humans have accomplished some pretty amazing things, from putting men on the Moon (with old technology!) to sequencing their own heredity. But stubborn problems that look much easier persist.
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.
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.
Our astronomer ponders the state of the science in the middle of the last century, when things were so different and difficult.
Having mentioned the difficulty of finding the distances to stars last week, our astronomer tries to put some unfamiliar numbers within your grasp.
Our photographic consultant is reminded how complicated things are for beginners, no matter how straightforward it all seems to the professionals.