Author Archives: skullsinthestars

The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 1

Posted on April 23, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Having a quiet night at home and realized this would be a good time to catch up on some book blogging! I finally started getting back into reading, after a long pandemic-depression hiatus, at the start of the new year, … Continue reading →

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Me on This Week in Science!

Posted on April 23, 2021 by skullsinthestars

I’m having a lot of fun doing video chats on science shows lately! A few days ago, I happened to see that This Week in Science talked about some optics that I am familiar with, and I jokingly complained to … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons and Dragons: Part 20

Posted on April 19, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Wow, have I been doing these threads forever? Yes, yes I have! The first one was in August of 2019! Anyway, here are some more old school Dungeons & Dragons posts, compiled from my twitter threads. Night Below, an Underdark … Continue reading →

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Personally Speaking… about Falling Felines!

Posted on March 18, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Hi all, I’ve been rather busy with work lately and haven’t had much time to blog. I’ve got a lot to write about, and no time to do it! In the meantime, however, I gave a talk at my university … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons and Dragons: Part 19

Posted on February 5, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Have I really done enough twitter threads of old school Dungeons and Dragons to fill 19 posts? Yes, I have, and there’s more to come! Let’s jump right in… The Book of Lairs (1986), by Jim Ward and Michael Breault. … Continue reading →

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Row, row row your boat, James Clerk Maxwell (1841)

Posted on January 23, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Another short post inspired by my work on my upcoming book on the history of invisibility physics! James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) is rightly regarded as one of the most important physicists of the 19th century, and indeed of all time, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Young sees the light (1800)

Posted on December 23, 2020 by skullsinthestars

A post inspired by work I’m doing on my next book, on the history of invisibility! Also will help me get my thoughts in order to write the book chapter. At the turn of the nineteenth century, humanity’s understanding of … Continue reading →

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Some photos of the conjunction!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

You may have heard that yesterday there was a rare planetary conjunction, in which Jupiter and Saturn appear very close together in the sky! Well, the planets will still be close for several days, and I thought I would go … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 18

Posted on December 2, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Time for another round of old school Dungeons and Dragons, taken from my long-running twitter series! Dragons (1986), by Cory Glaberson. Here is another supplement in the Role Aids line for D&D that was produced by Mayfair Games, originally under … Continue reading →

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Superoscillations: imaging beyond the limits of diffraction

Posted on November 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

This past week I gave a virtual talk to the Charlotte Amateur Astronomy Club about a fascinating development in wave physics and imaging called “superoscillations,” and I thought I would record a version that I could share here! Hopefully the … Continue reading →

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