Articles Tagged with old technology

Old-fashioned astronomers (III)

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Publishing Roger Griffin

Where does an astronomer go to discuss his results?

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Old-fashioned astronomers (II)

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Roger Griffin

Know your data!

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Reading the dial (III)

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Displaying the data

Communicating science can be difficult, even to and by scientists.

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Reading the dial (II)

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Graphs and indicators

Digits can be deceiving.

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Reading the dial (I)

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The graph and the digital clock

How do you tell time?

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The sky is gone (II)

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A long history

The stars have been getting harder to see for a long time now.

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Fear of the dark

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What’s scary?

We ponder plastic skeletons and other seasonal paraphernalia.

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In praise of mediocrity

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Home entertainment

When you can get world-class entertainment at the touch of a button, why would you do it yourself?

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Changing the world, or not

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Recording sight and sound

Some inventions change society; others don’t.  Why?

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Getting back to it

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Restarting routine

After a pause, how do you go back to what you used to do–and why?

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