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Writing tagged: ‘astronomy’

Void

Scientists puzzle over enormous void.

Published 24-Aug-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, birmingham

Yet another triumph for science

Lunar eclipse occurs bang on time.

Published 03-Mar-2007
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, eclipses, predictions, science

The man who mistook his hat for a telescope

In which I mistake my hat for a telescope.

Published 06-Apr-2006
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, experiments, hats, science, sicily

Transit

On the first Transit of Venus since 1882.

Published 08-Jun-2004
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, experiments, science

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On the Moor
On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk

Carter is an entertaining and well-read author. His work is filled with poetry, literature, history, and wider theoretical discussions and the humour is never forced upon the reader […] Bookshops are filled these days with books about nature. Few of them understand that nature is an interaction between human society and the wider world. Richard Carter’s walks and rumination remind us of the connectivity between all things, and they might lead you up a path, onto a moor and a walk to touch a trig point.
—Resolute Reader blog

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  • Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Richard Carter
    In reply to Robert Cowie. A few named there I don’t remember, and quite a few I’d forgotten. ‘Squish’ was McCready, if memory serves. My favourite Arthur Green memory was his response to some implausible excuse from a boy who hadn’t done his ‘prep’: “Bollocks, lad!” He also used to re-enact shooting machine guns at […]
  • Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Robert Cowie
    65-72 Bob Birrel was a really nice guy and was really good when we had to stay on for the first two terms of the third year sixth before going off to uni (chemistry was my thing back then) - he made two terms of post A-level interesting and was always very kind to me. […]
  • Comment on FAQ: Can you explain the Halloween/Christmas FAQ answer? by Richard Carter
    In reply to Eni. I take it you’re new around here.

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