Image from the BBC I watched a documentary a few days ago called “Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park’s Lost Heroes,” about Tommy Flowers and Bill Tutte of Bletchley Park. Any time I watch a documentary about scientists or engineers who went unrecognized during their time, they are invariably women; Rosalind Franklin comes to mind, or Ada Lovelace. [...]
I dread elections for several reasons, but the main sore point for me is that I end up having to watch old people slander me for a month and a half. Every election, pundits joyously proclaim that my generation isn’t interested in politics, and they cite all sorts of wonderful studies and crow about their [...]
This is fascinating. A scientist should study this.
So today I want to talk about TRON: Legacy, but I am finding it difficult to find the words to explain why I love it so much. So I made a list instead, and I hope that at least one thing on the list will make you want to watch it and enjoy it as [...]
This is the greatest thing that has ever happened, in the history of the world, anywhere, ever. Also, that’s an extremely deep V that he’s wearing.
I was going over old files on a computer I’m reformatting, and I found an astrophysics assignment I wrote in third year: “An HR Diagram was successfully obtained for both the M34 cluster and part of the NGC188 cluster. The main sequence and red giant branch of M34 is clearly visible, whereas the data for [...]
Another win from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Continued.