cover image by Bradley Sheard The 88 constellations are a way of mapping the entire sky and a way to navigate/orientate yourself and find targets. My plan over the next few posts is to highlight constellations that lie within the Milky Way and to memorize them, keeping the blog post as a reference. Using the …
CONSTELLATIONS #1 Canis Minor, Monoceros and Canis Major Read More »
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Leila Belkora’s Minding the Heavens; a great book for an historic overview on the discovery of the Milky Way. The opening chapter introduced me to Thomas Wright who’s creative deductions reasoned that we are embedded within the body of stars known as the Milky Way. He also considered the infinity of the universe and the …
Thomas Wright’s An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750) Read More »
Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston Listened to three amazing episodes of the Music Show on RN ABC radio but unfortunately due to copyright issues, they are unavailable to listen to other than through live broadcast. However, there are full transcripts if you click on the links. If you’re …
All text and images on this post are from the links provided and can be found here. All text is by Peter Pesic in relation to his work Music and the making of modern science. By Peter Pesic Many people interested in science are also keenly interested in music, and vice versa. But what is …
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/musicshow/greg-sheehan-percussion-rhythm-diaries-alina-pash-ukraine-music/13676166 This man has pulled me back in…
For anybody with an interest in our current knowledge of exoplanets, this episode of Exocast is certainly a great place to start. I’ve gone through the papers highlighted by Hannah Wakefield in the show and put links to them below – all of which I have collected via the links already provided by the Exocast …
Whilst researching Alexander Jamieson, I came across images of Kircher’s Mundus Subterraneus, which I thought were stunning in detail and alternative insight of the times. I won’t go too deep into Kircher as he certainly lived a life, creating a sunflower clock and running a personal museum (visit biodiversity.org) amongst other things. It’s his eye-opening …
Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) – Mundus Subterraneus Read More »
Working on about four or five blog posts at present and as a full time teacher during the report season – there is little time for much. However, I did do a dive into Poul Anderson sci fi book covers. Thought I’d share them. He’s a sci fi author I need to look into… Now… …
Featured image All text quoted from Ron Miller’s excellent Gizmodo page on Lucien Rudaux. Check out Ron’s work here Although largely unknown today, astronomer-artist Lucien Rudaux was the grandfather of all modern space art. During the height of his career in the 1920s and 30s, he produced spacescapes of such accuracy that they still hold …
