So far in 1066:
• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.
It's still only 6 January.
06.01.2026 09:36 — 👍 244 🔁 66 💬 12 📌 6
AJP Taylor - not a referencing guy
10.09.2025 09:11 — 👍 122 🔁 46 💬 13 📌 15
One of the unusual items eaten by Michel Lotito (known as "Monsieur Mangetout"), in a list that features 18 bicycles and a pair of skis, is a copy the general relativity textbook "Gravitation" by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler.
11.02.2025 15:28 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I *think* Belfast is the only city with a street named after a fundamental principle of quantum physics - "Bell's Theorem Crescent". Because of The Troubles, the council has a policy of not naming streets after people, but they wanted to honour John Stewart Bell, so came up with this superposition.
08.02.2025 17:39 — 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
The Collected Sayings of Dr Bowler
Greetings, new followers. Allow me to treat you to the sayings of one of the greatest of all physics lecturers: www.cynic.org.uk/misc/bowler....
01.02.2025 08:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The first physical copies of the book have started appearing.
30.01.2025 11:58 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
General Relativity for the Gifted Amateur by Steve Blundell and I is out now and available from all of the usual places.
If any mutuals would like a discounted copy, feel free to drop me a DM.
30.01.2025 09:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
News for fans of Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur. We have just submitted the manuscript of its sequel. More details to follow.
08.02.2024 15:34 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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