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Book Review: The Illustrated Longitude

Posted on November 16, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Illustrated Longitude:  The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time, by Dava Sobel And William J.H. Andrewes If you have already read Sobel’s Longitude, you have already seen all of the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Longitude

Posted on November 16, 2018 by nathanalbright

Longitude:  The True Story Of A Lone Genius Who Solved The Greatest Scientific Problem Of His Time, by Dava Sobel On the one hand, this book is one of the author’s better books, not least because it has far less … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Glass Universe

Posted on November 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Glass Universe:  How The Ladies Of The Harvard Observatory Took The Measure Of The Stars, by Dava Sobel When I was a tenth grade student taking AP European History, the document based question portion of the exam that year … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A More Perfect Heaven

Posted on November 10, 2018 by nathanalbright

A More Perfect Heaven:  How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos, by Dava Sobel My feelings about this book and the author’s approach are somewhat complicated and ambivalent.  On the one hand, the book does a good job at presenting the known … Continue reading →

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Book Review: And The Sun Stood Still

Posted on November 5, 2018 by nathanalbright

And The Sun Stood Still, by Dava Sobel This play belongs to a somewhat obscure genre, and that is the attempt to dramatize the incidents of science for a larger and popular audience [1].  Given the fact that the author … Continue reading →

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When The Invisible Has Gone Missing

Posted on March 29, 2018 by nathanalbright

Earlier today I read several articles relating to the discovery of a galaxy that was found to be nearly entirely missing dark matter.  While it is easy to ponder how it is that something like dark matter that is already … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Book Nobody Read

Posted on September 30, 2017 by nathanalbright

The Book Nobody Read:  Chasing The Revolutions Of Nicolaus Copernicus, by Owen Gingerich The author takes as his title for book a reference from novelist Arthur Koestler [1], who thought that the masterpiece by Copernicus was a worst seller that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Heavenly Errors

Posted on September 30, 2017 by nathanalbright

Heavenly Errors:  Misconceptions About The Real Nature Of The Universe, by Neil F. Comins When I started reading this book, I thought it would be a five-star book.  By the time I got to the middle, it started looking like … Continue reading →

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The Future’s So Bright, I’ve Got To Wear Shades

Posted on August 22, 2017 by nathanalbright

From 10:10 to 10:25AM today my company had a break for those who wanted to go outside and watch the near-total eclipse of the sun.  The scene was something odd.  I stayed inside the nearly deserved building but I looked … Continue reading →

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Under The Milky Way Tonight

Posted on September 13, 2016 by nathanalbright

How much context is necessary in a particular situation to make something clear?  There are some people, indeed, many people, who want no more context or background than is necessary to address with reality as it presently is.  On the … Continue reading →

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