Galileo’s damage control
The scientist considered prudence the better part of valour while dealing with Papal orthodoxy.
The scientist considered prudence the better part of valour while dealing with Papal orthodoxy.
A week after his demise at the age of 76, here’s the foreword to Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, written by another celebrated astronomer.
Benjamin Thompson, who fled the US and became a Bavarian Count, did important work on the mechanical equivalent of heat.…
A well-known instance is the collective behaviour, which is seen in groups of insects, birds, fish, and even bacteria. While…
