Posts categorized 'Scientists'

Spectral lights

16 April 2019 by

When we think about the work done by scientists of the past, we probably don’t consider their everyday lives while…

Referee!

9 April 2019 by

Peer review has been an essential step in the process of academic publishing for centuries. As a cataloguer for the…

Tycho analysis

2 April 2019 by

Of all the portraits adorning the walls of the Royal Society’s home in Carlton House Terrace, this one is possibly…

Talking clocks

26 March 2019 by

Clocks are on my mind at the moment, for two reasons. Firstly, the clocks go forward in the UK this…

Tracking radar

12 March 2019 by

You may have missed the recent anniversary of the Daventry Experiment, the first successful test of radar technology in the…