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Throwing apples at scientists…
In part one we covered the basics of motion, some definitions, a few useful equations, units of measurement and similar governing constant linear acceleration. This time we are going to look at Newton’s three laws [more…]
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It started with a piss – Part Two
First off, aorta explain that the above pun doesn’t really work when the blood vessel that is the subject of these articles is an artery and not a vein but try as I will, I [more…]
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You spin me right round baby…
Musings on objects and motion, part one, the basics Recently a comment, that nobody read, was posted by one of our more trollish contributors trying to toll people about the world not be round or [more…]
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From a Sum to a Product
In The Basel Problem we saw that Euler answered the question by showing that the sum of the reciprocals of the square numbers is equal to . That is The partial sums slowly converge to [more…]
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Shunting dusted off
Christmas is always a time that makes me nostalgic, harking back to the time when you looked forwards to presents that didn’t induce a hangover or keep your feet warm. It’s also a time when, [more…]
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Pandora’s Bug
How long ago it seems! But it is barely four years since I was a senior researcher at Porton Down, sitting on a shiny chair at a varnished desk and tapping the delicate keyboard of [more…]
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Upsetting people in the Festive Season
Lots of your friends might be very upset this Christmas, Boris has decisively won the election and consequently we are definitely leaving the EU. To make their day you can also explain about why they [more…]
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My adventure in A & E
I blame Tom Pudding’s excellent article on his experiences in an NHS hospital for penning this report on my adventure in A & E this June. It started with me having what is called a [more…]