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The author of Skulls in the Stars is an associate professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
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Category Archives: Science news
The Giant’s Shoulders #59 is out!
I hereby declare that the 59th edition of The Giant’s Shoulders, the history of science blog carnival, is up at Something by Virtue of Nothing! This edition, centered around the theme of the Antikythera Mechanism, includes posts about: Did Isaac Newton … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #58 is out!
I was a little slow in posting about it, but the 58th edition of the history of science blog carnival, The Giant’s Shoulders, is up at Asylum Science! In this edition, you can read about: cosmonauts who had to survive … Continue reading
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From blazing skies to bogus shamrock: The Giant’s Shoulders #57 is out!
The 57th edition of the history of science blog carnival The Giant’s Shoulders is up at Stories from the Stores, the Science Museum’s blog! In this edition, you can read about: A collection of posts on meteorite history, inspired by … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #56 is out!
The 56th edition of the history of science blog carnival, The Giant’s Shoulders, is up at The Dispersal of Darwin! In this edition, you can read about: How a (sort of) believer in ancient astronauts almost became U.S. President, The … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #55: Curiosities, Utility and Authority, is out!
The 55th edition of the history of science blog carnival The Giant’s Shoulders is up at The Sloane Letters Blog! In this carnival, you can read about: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the sea monster, 19th century advice on making … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #54, a sleigh-load of history, is out!
The 54th edition of the history of science blog carnival, The Giant’s Shoulders, is out at the blog Contagions! In this carnival, you can read about: the forgotten Victorian romance between science and religion at Christmas time, interesting discussions of … Continue reading
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Light “tying itself in knots,” at Aeon Magazine
Those who are familiar with my blog know that one of my fields of specialty is so-called “singular optics,” the study of the behavior of light in regions where the light intensity is zero and the phase is singular. I’ve … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #53 is out!
The 53rd edition of The Giant’s Shoulders history of science blog carnival has appeared at The Scicurious Brain! In this edition, you can read about: How politics and hurricanes have collided as far back as the 1600s, The historical “invasion … Continue reading
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The Giant’s Shoulders #52 — “Loads more heroes edition” — is out!
I’ve been silent on the blog for the week because I was attending the Frontiers in Optics meeting of the Optical Society of America in Rochester, NY this week. Hopefully I’ll have more to say about that soon, but… In … Continue reading
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Best Science Writing Online 2012 is out!
I thought I’d put up a short post letting people know that the 2012 edition of the “Best Science Writing Online” has been published — and I’m in it! You can see my name in the right-most red column on … Continue reading
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