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Latest list of jobs advert hates

This list seems to get longer every day, but what can you do (other than not apply for the job)? So, in no particular order, here goes… Requiring good communication skills when the advert uses poor English or hasn’t been … Continue reading

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My first science book

Conversation elsewhere reminded me of this the other day. I think it’s the first book specifically about science that I owned. Wikipedia, wrongly, I believe, dates it at 1978, but I’m sure it was a Christmas present in 1976. I … Continue reading

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Gravity and Me

I watched Jim Al-Khalili’s television programme “Gravity and Me” last night. A fair bit of it wasn’t really news to me though the actual illustration of the change in gravitational attraction as altitude and latitude change was rather nice. And … Continue reading

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