Browsing Archive: September, 2022

Back to School

Posted by on Thursday, September 1, 2022,

Some loyal readers will recognize this entry as a repeat from the last seven years. Each year it gets a good response, and kudos from my readers, and so as before I must appease my loyal followers...

To all the students starting University, enjoy this time of your life. Long ago when I started, a prof told me that this is the start of your real education. Now you get to choose your own courses and your own field of study. It is entirely up to you to decide what to do with this chance.

I know fr...


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Free Software

Posted by on Thursday, September 1, 2022,
With the arrival of September, students around the world will be returning to classes this week (unless there is another pandemic outbreak). And for those who are starting out at college or university, one of the most important considerations is how to live on a budget. These are the years when one has little or no income, but must bear the expenses of living independently for the first time. While giving advice on living on a budget is far too expansive to cover in this blog, I can tackle on...
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Viewing a Distant World

Posted by on Thursday, September 1, 2022, In : Astronomy 
There is yet more exciting news from the astronomy community this morning with the announcement that the James Webb Space Telescope, which is already been making headlines all through the summer with its amazing discoveries, has completed the first direct imaging of a planet in another solar system. (Details and images can be viewed on the NASA website)

The target planet is a gas giant, believed to be about ten times more massive than Jupiter, and orbiting the otherwise uninteresting star, HIP...
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Dr. Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.

   


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