Three Body Problem Having watched 3 Body Problem on Netflix, last weekend, I could not miss this article from The Conversation, by Tony Milligan from King’s College London, on Because It’s Friday. Tony has a great job title, Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Ethics, Cosmological Visionaries project! 3 Body …
Because It’s Friday – Titanium = Ti
Interesting facts about titanium: However titanium is not what today’s “Because It’s Friday” is about. It is about the Periodic Table which when I was at college I had memorised. University Challenge Diana and I watch University Challenge and are always impressed by the knowlege shown by the contestants – …
Because It’s Friday on a Thursday!
No Because It’s Friday tomorrow – here is something to amuse you today. It is especially for those of you who have to deal with people at work, or at home, or at work and at home, who take a more relaxed approach to their handwriting: xkcd: Cursive Letters Smart Thinking will …
Because It’s Friday – If proof was needed
For our “Because It’s Friday” bit this week I have a couple of moon cartoons from xkcd. I think these decisively prove that Randall Munroe has a very different way of thinking than the average geeky person. xkcd: Moon Landing Mission Profiles xkcd: Moon Armor Index From the real world …
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Because It’s Friday – The Richter Scale
The Richter Scale of earthquake strength is something we are all unfortunately acquainted with and it is also something that most of us get completely wrong. For a start the Richter Scale is no longer used! Watch this xkcd video and learn how much power the Death Star generated. For …