Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
One friend asked me this very question a couple of days ago, and I have to say I didn’t know how to answer. Sure I had blogs I read every week, had I not? Good observation. But, as a matter…
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One of the good things about living in Edinburgh is the events you have access to. Tonight is a good example – we have in town Professor Brian Cox for a theatre session of astrophysics and related topics. [If you…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences…
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Getting to know the space out there in a more scientific way has never been as simple (I wouldn’t say easy, since it still requires hours of study and efforts) as it is nowadays. Not only there are large online…
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There are always a lot of things happening in outer space – probes, launches and explorations to keep us busy – but this week seems something special. Something pretty too, I would add. And something that will likely change physics as…
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Everybody who has dealt with worldbuilding in SF that involves star systems beyond ours knows what I’m talking about – a lot of resources out there only work with a 2D representation of the cosmos, not a 3D, creating a…
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