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On the Origin of Time : Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory : Thomas Hertog (ISBN 978-1804991121, Ballantine Books)
I borrowed this book from my father in law who was very enthousiast about it. The book already made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Thomas Hertog is professor theoretical Physics and cosmology at the KUL in Leuven, Belgium and was recently a guest in the radio program Voorproevers with Annemie Peeters to talk about this book. You can still listen to the interview on VRT Max. In 2021 Thomas Hertog visited the Interne Keuken podcast to talk about the big bang and the role of George Lemaitre in that discovery. You can still listen to the podcast…
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Het ontstaan van de tijd, Thomas Hertog (ISBN 9789077445365, Lannoo)
Ik kreeg dit boek te leen van mijn schoonvader die er wildenthousiast over was. Het is origineel uitgegeven in het Engels en al New York Times bestseller geweest. Thomas Hertog is professor theoretische natuurkunde en cosmologie aan de KUL en was te gast bij Annemie Peeters in het programma Voorproevers naar aanleiding van dit boek. Het gesprek is te beluisteren via VRT Max. In 2021 kwam Thomas Hertog nog op bezoek bij Interne Keuken om het over de oerknal te hebben en de rol van George Lemaitre in deze ontdekking. De podcast is nog te beluisteren op de VRT site.…
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Cheljabinsk-65. A nuclear accident waiting to happen again
Cheljabinsk-65 is nowadays known as Mayak, one of the biggest nuclear complexes in the world. In 1957 a tank with nuclear waste exploded at Mayak, spreading nuclear materials for miles around. The Soviet government hushed up the accident. They also didn’t inform people living there that the facility was dumping radioactive waste water in the river Tetsja which was also used for swimming and as source for drinking water. Accidents kept happening at the Mayak facility after 1957. The last incident at which a lot of radiation was released was in 2007.
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Religious penis
‘Religion is like a penis. It is ok that you have one, but I don’t need to see it.‘― Oleg Vasilievitsch Lazuttschenko
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Timothee Chalamet Shines in Bob Dylan Biopic
Went to watch the Bob Dylon biopic a few weeks ago in the middle of the week. The theatre was almost empty and I have to say that those who were absent were wrong. The movie stars Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez and Edward Norton as Pete Seeger. The movie covers only a short period of Bob Dylan’s life at the beginning of his career. When he arrives in New York at the beginning of the movie he is 19 years old and still a complete unknown. Near the end of the movie he is…
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Haastige spoed
‘Die eilige Hündin wirft blinde Junge.‘― Johannes Kepler citing an old proverb commenting on his predecessors
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The Book of Gutsy Women, Hilary & Chelsea Clinton (ISBN 9781471172175, Simon & Schuster)
I came across this book a long time ago, not long after it was first published in 2020. This was near the end of Trump’s first presidency and after the debacle of Hilary’s election campaign in 2016. The book is basically a collection of short articles about women that inspired Hilary and Chelsea Clinton. The book is divided in sections per area the women were active in, like for example, human rights, women rights, sports and so on. This is both the strength and the weakness of the book. I got to know quite a few women I had never…
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Stylish Interiors and Global Cuisine at Manilah Restaurant
Recently went for diner at Manilah. It is located in the centre of Keerbergen and according to the website the building was abandoned for a long time. It is a bit trendy with stylish interior decoration using materials from all over the world. The interior is certainly unique and has a warmth that fits well with the name of the place. The interior is quite spacious and you can sit at your table to have a private conversation without the feeling that the next table is listening in. Everything in the interior seems to have been given attention, including the…
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Understanding Mathematics: A Journey of Familiarity
‘In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.‘― John von Neumann
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Wave mechanics
‘I don’t like it, and I am sorry I ever had anything to do with it.‘― Erwin Schrodinger
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