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“Glance at the night sky and what you see is history and lots of it – not the stars as they are now but as they were when their light left them.”
― Bill Bryson, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything This quote was taken from Chapter 3, of A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, The Reverend Evans’s Universe, which tells us, in Bryson’s usual chummy way about the unassuming Bob Evans, who he describes as a titan of the skies. For the Reverand Evans…
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Atom puns & jokes no.17
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! ____________________________________________________________________ The barkeeper replies: “Sorry but we don’t serve particles faster than the speed of light.”A tachyon walks into a bar. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 6 – 12 November (no.11)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“Space, let me repeat, is enormous.”
― Bill Bryson, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything The full quote is as follows: “Space, let me repeat, is enormous. The average distance between stars out there is 20 million million miles. Even at speeds approaching those of light, these are fantastically challenging distances for any traveling individual.” ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee,…
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Atom puns & jokes no.16
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! ____________________________________________________________________ What do we call a group of 12 atoms?Dozen matter. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 30 October – 6 November (no.10)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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