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    Nine faces of matter

    Nine faces of matter

    Here is a distillation of nine key ideas from my forthcoming book: “Matter – A Very Short Introduction” (Oxford University Press to be published in 2018). In my book, I have focussed on key concepts using hardly any equations. These include

    Geoff Cottrell August 9, 2018 Books, Matter, Science Read more

    The Next Telescopes

    I have a new article on this here: https://popularastronomy.technicacuriosa.com/popular-astronomy-fall-2017/

    Geoff Cottrell July 19, 2017 Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    Talk at Oxford Science Festival

    Talk at Oxford Science Festival

    I gave a talk on Telescopes at the Oxfordshire Science Festival, at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford, at 12.30 on 19th June 2017: Link to Festival A view of the event

    Geoff Cottrell June 9, 2017 Books, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    Telescopes at Waterstones

    Telescopes at Waterstones

    I gave a lunchtime talk at Waterstones bookshop in the centre of Oxford today – a lot of interest and discussion in my OUP book: A Very Short Introduction to Telescopes!

    Geoff Cottrell May 26, 2017 Books, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    My article in first edition of Technica Curiosa

    My article in first edition of Technica Curiosa

    The Next Telescopes The Next Telescopes

    Geoff Cottrell March 29, 2017 Astronomy, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    10 Interesting Things About Telescopes: Oxford Literary Festival Talk

    10 Interesting Things About Telescopes: Oxford Literary Festival Talk

    Oxford Literary Festival: 25 March 2017: Talk in Blackwell’s Marquee Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction There are one hundred billion galaxies in the observable Universe, and each of them has a hundred billion stars. We know this because of one instrument:

    Geoff Cottrell March 27, 2017 Books, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    Oxford Literary Festival Talk

    Was yesterday 25th March 2017  and went very well! There must have been around 100 people listening in Blackwell’s Marquee, on a beautiful sunny spring day. There was no electrical power and so no sound system; but I projected my voice to

    Geoff Cottrell March 26, 2017 Books, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    Talk at the Oxford Literary Festival

    I will be giving a talk on “10 really interesting things about telescopes”, in support of my OUP Book: “Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction” at 13:15 in with Q&A: http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2017/march-25/telescopes-a-very-short-introduction Oxford University Press is proud to return to the FT

    Geoff Cottrell March 21, 2017 Books, Science, Telescopes No Comments Read more

    OUP Blog: Looking at the stars

    Looking at the stars

    Geoff Cottrell December 22, 2016 Astronomy, Science No Comments Read more

    TELESCOPES: A Very Short Introduction

    Is now published by Oxford University Press, and widely available from all the usual sources including Amazon etc. There is also an e-version available

    Geoff Cottrell December 13, 2016February 27, 2021 Astronomy, Books, Science, Telescopes, Uncategorized No Comments Read more
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