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Oct 14, 2020

Rationales for Space Exploration

James S. J. Schwartz discusses the rationale behind the need for…

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May 11, 2020

Misconceptions about scientific progress

What could science be progressing toward, if not the truth?

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Oxford Academic in Science Uncovered

Apr 24, 2020

The 170th Anniversary of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics — A Tribute to Rudolf Clausius

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Apr 6, 2020

NASA’s finest hour: The engineers who saved Apollo 13

Oxford Academic in Science Uncovered

Mar 30, 2020

Quantum Weirdness

This excerpt from Quantum Weirdness introduces the history of quantum mechanics and classical waves.

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Mar 21, 2020

Plate Tectonics by Jerks

In this extract from The Tectonic Plates are Moving!, Roy Livermore discusses ‘Plate Tectonics by Jerks’: a period…

Nobel Prizes 2020: Roger Penrose and Black Hole Formation

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of John Tyndall

The Philosophy of Physics

Reach for the stars, just like Katherine Johnson

Rationales for Space Exploration

James S. J. Schwartz discusses the rationale behind the need for…

Misconceptions about scientific progress

What could science be progressing toward, if not the truth?

The 170th Anniversary of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics — A Tribute to Rudolf Clausius

NASA’s finest hour: The engineers who saved Apollo 13

Quantum Weirdness

Plate Tectonics by Jerks