I have started the long and arduous process of putting together another astronomy book today. For the first time since setting the system up I actually needed to use all four screens to get this particular job done. Up until … Continue reading
Well – I am very pleased to say that I have finally finished the Steve Jobs biography so now I can resume my work. I am also very sad to have finished the book as it is one of the … Continue reading
Now exactly half way through this book which I started two days ago. Can’t put it down – it is completely disrupting my work. Will give a fuller report when I finish it, but I can say that it is … Continue reading
Having spent an academic career in advanced optics I am more than a little sceptical about the recent faster than light neutrino claims as you will know from posts below. As astronomers we should also be aware of the 1987A … Continue reading
O.K. so once you get past the first 150 pages (roughly the length of the first book) the great chunks of text transposed from the first book thin out. So my recommendation is if you buy both books don’t bother … Continue reading
The North America nebula (NGC7000) 3-framer taken using the mini-WASP array made this week’s “Image of the Week” on the My Astro Space site http://www.myastrospace.com/ 🙂
So far (page 58) fairly disappointed with Leonard Nimoy’s second Autobiography as it contains great chunks of material from the first book. Won’t be reading this one in one sitting 🙁
A few years back Chris Packham ran an Inside Out BBC programme on the New Forest Observatory. Chris and the BBC team did the most amazing job on this and you can see the result of their work here. Video … Continue reading
It will be of no surprise to those few people who know me well enough that Star Trek has been a great motivator (and joy) in my life and that I owe special debt of gratitude to Mr. Spock for … Continue reading
Last year (2010) I got an e-mail out of the blue from a woman purporting to be a Graphic Designer with Apple wanting a full resolution deep-sky image for a presentation she was giving in a few hours. Yeah like … Continue reading
