P.S. I've downloaded 'Cosmology for the Curious'. Looks pretty comprehensive and well laid out.
Full review in one year's time when I've finished reading it!
Full review in one year's time when I've finished reading it!
At least they could have recommended a primer! 😀
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Ha, £1.30 in 1972... 20mm lens and x20 eyepiece! I think my first telescope was 30X 30 and £1 10s in old money. I just checked my binos, and they are actually 10-30X 60mm. £20 at LIDL a few years back. Bit wonky really. You are always better off paying the big bucks for stuff like Nikon these days. Image stabilisation is amazing.
The wonder of 1975 was the Sinclair Scientific Programmable Calculator for about £50:
Sinclair Scientific - Wikipedia
Somehow you got it to display 07734 and when you turned it upside down it said "hELLO"... we thought that was cool in the Physics Lab. 😱
God old Patrick writing in 1958 and predicting men on the moon by 1966. I read that one.
The British had quite an ambitious space program around that time. Most Nations actually redirected ICBM missiles as a platform. I learnt this at the Science Museum in February. Stumbling around in near darkness for hours... 🙄
Apollo LEM, "The Eagle has landed" an' all that. Bigger than I expected:
Apollo 11, Lunar Module '''Eagle''', 1969. | Science Museum Group Collection
Sputnik, about 2 feet across and beeping on the radio. Managed to travel 41 million miles in a few weeks. I saw this one in 1957:
Replica Sputnik I satellite | Science Museum Group Collection
The Russian stuff, even now is surprisingly agricultural looking. This is Soyuz, which is still in use:
Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia” | Science Museum Group Collection
The predecessors were little bigger than an old Naval Mine. Wouldn't get me up in them! But I think I told you I met this lady for an autograph at least:
Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut | Science Museum Group Collection
Valentina Tereshkova was the "Rosie the Riveter" of the USSR IMO. 😀
I forbid you to download this book! 😡
Cosmology for the Curious | SpringerLink
All will be settled, and we'll have nothing to talk about while awaiting the final curtain.
TBH, we in the UK are wondering if our glorious leader, Boris, has been reading the "The Ladybird Book of Covid-19 Virus".
Couldn't resist it... 😀
Cosmology for the Curious | SpringerLink
All will be settled, and we'll have nothing to talk about while awaiting the final curtain.
TBH, we in the UK are wondering if our glorious leader, Boris, has been reading the "The Ladybird Book of Covid-19 Virus".
Couldn't resist it... 😀
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Those with absolutely no scientific education could do worse than download a few Ladybird books. 😉
THE STORY OF SCIENCE BOOK ONE - LADYBIRD BOOK : LADYBIRD SERIES : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
THE STORY OF SCIENCE BOOK ONE - LADYBIRD BOOK : LADYBIRD SERIES : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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thats a shame. although shorter than the first 2, they are very interesting.
did you see the new patent for "electromagnetic propulsion" ?? bet "they" been sitting on it for many years. could this by why elon musk is making certain "tweets", as his space-x project could be defunct.
thats a shame. although shorter than the first 2, they are very interesting.
did you see the new patent for "electromagnetic propulsion" ?? bet "they" been sitting on it for many years. could this by why elon musk is making certain "tweets", as his space-x project could be defunct.
okay, I just watched #4. I feel a bit chilled after that one. Any idea where I might find #5?
I didn't find anything wrong in these Ladybird children's books! Read "The Story of Science" 1 and 2.
I do have a trained critical faculty, and questioned whether total eclipses DO occur every 54 years as observed by MEN around the same location. WOMEN presumably being occupied with more practical matters...
No need to write in the margin there. Turns out it's true. We Brits have had 9 total eclipses in the last 350 years somewhere in our green and pleasant islands. Er, frequent grey weather permitting.
I have seen two slightly unexpected 90% eclipses while on holiday. 11 Aug 1999 near Agde, France. And 29 March 2006 in Paleochora, Crete. Spooky things. Goes dark and cold for about 4 hours.
If we'd known the Greek one was coming, we'd have hopped on a boat to Gavdos 26 miles south and seen the whole (100%) enchilada.
Gavdos (pronounced Gardos) looks a fun Greek Island that I will never visit. Apparently St. Paul rocked up there for repairs on a voyage to Rome. Acts. 27. I looked it up...
Appropriate words for our current virus-infested voyage into the unknown. 😎
On a lighter note. Did I ever tell you about my investigations into mystical Norwegian Trolls? I just figured if I followed the clues, I might find one. And I did. Below.
I do have a trained critical faculty, and questioned whether total eclipses DO occur every 54 years as observed by MEN around the same location. WOMEN presumably being occupied with more practical matters...
No need to write in the margin there. Turns out it's true. We Brits have had 9 total eclipses in the last 350 years somewhere in our green and pleasant islands. Er, frequent grey weather permitting.
I have seen two slightly unexpected 90% eclipses while on holiday. 11 Aug 1999 near Agde, France. And 29 March 2006 in Paleochora, Crete. Spooky things. Goes dark and cold for about 4 hours.
If we'd known the Greek one was coming, we'd have hopped on a boat to Gavdos 26 miles south and seen the whole (100%) enchilada.
Gavdos (pronounced Gardos) looks a fun Greek Island that I will never visit. Apparently St. Paul rocked up there for repairs on a voyage to Rome. Acts. 27. I looked it up...
St. Paul in Acts chapter 27 and verse 10 said:
Appropriate words for our current virus-infested voyage into the unknown. 😎
On a lighter note. Did I ever tell you about my investigations into mystical Norwegian Trolls? I just figured if I followed the clues, I might find one. And I did. Below.
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Patrick Moore, in his inimitable style, helped make solar eclipses even more fun for children. 🙂
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Oh geez. I got the bandwidth and disk storage, I only need the time to read and learn all this stuff. Actually I probably have that too.
I'm going to launch off into a bit of a ramble here, which in French (un rambol) translates as a shambles, sort of thing that happens after spending a long hard-drinking night at the local Feria or town party... 😱
Hope it's, at least, entertaining. 😎
English government advises us, on the front of every newspaper: "We can help control the virus if we all (...inserts child's picture of a rainbow...): Stay Alert! Keep our distance, wash our hands, think of others and play our part."
The periphery of the UK aren't buying such simplistic and vague advice. And the UK Prime Minister is already looking haggard and worried about the inevitable Public Inquiry that will scrutinise his efforts in the future. The metric is the death-toll.
IMO, this is a time to get very serious, because even if the virus doesn't kill you, it will kill your Grandma and Grandad prematurely. Maybe your Mum or Dad. Maybe your Brother or Sister or Wife or Husband. It is a time to pull together and save lives.
I was going to launch off into my favourite Science Fiction writers here, Asimov, Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin. Edited by wise old owl, John Campbell of "Astounding Magazine". But hey!
It's the War with the Bugs! right now.
Further listening and reading for the interested student:
AUDIO: Bradbury 13 – “A Sound of Thunder” | Ghost Radio
John Connolly picks ten books that have inspired him
Hope it's, at least, entertaining. 😎
English government advises us, on the front of every newspaper: "We can help control the virus if we all (...inserts child's picture of a rainbow...): Stay Alert! Keep our distance, wash our hands, think of others and play our part."
The periphery of the UK aren't buying such simplistic and vague advice. And the UK Prime Minister is already looking haggard and worried about the inevitable Public Inquiry that will scrutinise his efforts in the future. The metric is the death-toll.
IMO, this is a time to get very serious, because even if the virus doesn't kill you, it will kill your Grandma and Grandad prematurely. Maybe your Mum or Dad. Maybe your Brother or Sister or Wife or Husband. It is a time to pull together and save lives.
I was going to launch off into my favourite Science Fiction writers here, Asimov, Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin. Edited by wise old owl, John Campbell of "Astounding Magazine". But hey!
It's the War with the Bugs! right now.
Further listening and reading for the interested student:
AUDIO: Bradbury 13 – “A Sound of Thunder” | Ghost Radio
John Connolly picks ten books that have inspired him
OK, let's move on from the last one. Though, TBH, I was a bit disappointed you schmucks didn't immediately pick up that John Connolly only picked up EIGHT books there, not TEN. Just seeing if you were paying attention... 😱
And if you notice the rocket-thrusters are firing here in Patrick Moore's book cover, you might conclude the two astronauts are in deep trouble:
Anyhow, IMO, what you need is a big desk. Hopefully free of too much computer nonsense.
Big desk. Big notebook and pen. Lot's of reference books nearby.
Especially: Cosmology for the Curious | SpringerLink
About half the World's interesting Physics in one book. Happy Days. 🙂
Yes, there's a bit of artistic licence going on there!
Sometimes a knowledge of Newtonian dynamics can take the edge off a ripping yarn! 😀
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