(A slightly clearer copy of the Histomap can be found here.)
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Monday, 12 August 2013
Saturday, 20 July 2013
10 Urban Legends about Famous Scientists
We've all heard stories about killers in the back seat, but hapless heroines aren't the only ones who spawn urban legends. There are a number of urban legends about famous scientists. Some are funny, some are mere inaccuracies, and some are about committing murder by accident.
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Monday, 17 June 2013
Monday, 10 June 2013
Precision: The Measure of All Things
Professor Marcus du Sautoy - who is effectively a numerical evangelist, as well as a master storyteller - once again takes an unappetising premise and turns it into educational gold.
'Precision: The Measure of All Things' explores humanity's obsession with compartmentalising the environment into ever-more-precise units of measurement - from the first cave paintings of the Cro-Magnons, to today's atomic clocks. In the first edition, du Sautoy charts the history of the metre and the second, and examines scientists' continuing efforts to redefine how time and length are quantified.
To find out more about the series, follow this link.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Bacterium-sized Bunny the future for Bionic Brains
Scientists in Japan have created a new material that can be shaped into complex, conductive 3-D structures. Get ready for your custom brain electrodes.
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