Articles Tagged with old technology

How big is the world?

Measuring a cabbage-patch

“It’s a small world” is a cliché.  Can we measure how small?

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Putting pen to paper

Writing changes, and doesn’t

We examine several literary genres.

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Consider construction

The persistence of the mundane

We ponder some unexciting work.

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The post-fire generation

Needed no longer

The recent and rapid demise of the open flame.

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Transistors, candles and light bulbs

Simple or complicated

Which would you rather explain?

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The navigator’s watch

Combining instruments

Doing some things the old-fashioned way is getting difficult.

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Unfamiliar territory

Out of one’s field

Our photographer looks at some paintings.

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How it’s done

Telescopes and databases

Astronomy changes.  So do the kind of people who become astronomers.

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The picture in your hand

Posters and the meeting

The effects of a social change are seen in the giveaways at a scientific meeting.

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Build or buy?

Your own instruments

A lesson in technology, economics and convenience.

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