-
Wisdom
In 2002 the American biologist Chandler Robbins discovered a ringed Albatross on the Midway islands. The ring had number Z333 and it turned out to be a bird he had ringed himself half a century before in 1956. At the time of ringing the Albatross was at least 5 years old, making the bird older […]
-
-
-
Absurd donker
‘Het was zo donker dat zelfs de mol onder de grond tegen de muren van zijn hol botste en somber begon te mopperen.’― Toon Tellegen
-
Krankzinnigheid
‘Krankzinnigheid in individuen is uitzonderlijk – maar in groepen, partijen, volkeren en tijdperken is het de regel.’― Nietzsche
-
Working with dates and times in python
Having finished all the most urgent tasks at work and having started the year end vacation I decided to pick up my python learning on Datacamp again. I followed the course on working with dates and types in python which is part of their python programmer track. It was a nice introduction to the datetime […]
-
Understanding the Universe. An introduction to physics and astrophysics, James B. Seaborn (ISBN 978-146126868-0, Springer)
James Seaborn has been teaching an introductory course for many years and this book is the translation into book form of that course. The book is intended for non science majors and teaches physics with an emphasis on topics and applications in astrophysics. I was curious to learn how that approach would work. The result […]
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Response 418 