A quick post because it is Fireworks Night. Here it is done in Lincolnshire: Diana wants to add… …keep your pets indoors. Her cat really does not like fireworks. Normal “Because It’s Friday” returns on Friday! Clive
Because It’s Friday – Women in Technology
Diana has been editing the Octagon Technology blog this month and she thought she would do something different. Rather than the usual fare of technology, IT support and advice, in Celebration of Ada Lovelace Day she wrote a series of articles on significant women in technology. I wrote one of …
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Because It’s Friday – This is kinda maths…
As regular readers of “Because It’s Friday” know, I often run maths articles in this slot because of our son, who has a Masters in Mathematics. When I saw this article, I knew I could not pass it up for today: Google Scholar has a ‘verified email’ for Sir Isaac …
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Because It’s Friday – Where are they now?
Whilst Diana and I were watching the latest Brian Cox documentary, Solar System, Diana queried the speed of the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Brian Cox stated it was travelling at 1,000,000 miles a day. Diana thought this was too fast. I had to find out just how fast it was going, …
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Because It’s Friday – Old Space and Ada Lovelace
Following on from last week’s “Because It’s Friday” time travel article, this week I have a story looking at the past, way back in the past. Nearly as far back as we can look… The earliest galaxies formed amazingly fast after the Big Bang. Do they break the universe or …
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