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Category Archives: Newton
Considering the Historical Context
At a talk I gave in Sheffield last week the local MP Meg Munn remarked on the fact that, being a non-scientist, she had learned a lot about how science is done from reading my blog (in particular this one, … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, lectures, Newton, Teaching, Von Guericke
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Heroic Genius or a Distraction from Reality?
This week I strayed from my occasional home on the Guardian blogs to a mainstream print newspaper, writing a piece for the Telegraph to follow on from the Stephen Hawking Grand Design programme launch I wrote about briefly before. My … Continue reading
Posted in big science, Communicating Science, education, Einstein, Newton, Primary School Curriculum
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