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Hunstanton Sand
I’ve just started reading a book called The Spirit of Enquiry by Susannah Gibson, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, an interesting society of which I was once a committee member (as well as a prize-winner). I … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science
Tagged Adam Sedgwick, Chladni's plate, lectures, standing waves
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Some Things Never Change
One of the enjoyable consequences of carrying out reading tasks for publishers, is that often one can be paid ‘in kind’ with a miscellaneous collection of books up to some market value considerably more than any cheque they might otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, Life in Science, Science Culture
Tagged Adam Sedgwick, David Elliston Allen, Thomas Huxley
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