Articles Tagged with science communication

Hawking radiation – II

Black holes to the rescue

We contine with an explanation of why Stephen Hawking is famous among physicists.

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Hawking radiation – I

The fame of a physicist

Prof. Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist, died this month.  But why was he famous?

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Unfinished business

Open-ended meetings

Our astronomer observes many loose ends.

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Working the meeting

How to meet

When scientists get together, what do they do?

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Cutting it short

How is a poster like a sonnet?

Our astronomer struggles to fit into a limited space.

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A gathering of astronomers

When scientists get together

Sociology, ecology, economics and linguistics in astronomy.

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Several things at once

Multiplexed astronomy

An example of answering several questions at once, by doing several kinds of observation at once.

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Tradeoffs

In balance

Some actions are obviously good and right.  Looking more widely, it may be less obvious.

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The importance of being there

Imagination becoming reality

Comparing images from space with paintings of space.

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The Crescent Sun

Enjoying a partial eclipse

We didn’t make it to the path of totality last week.  But we found that a partial eclipse can be just as enjoyable, for unexpected reasons.

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