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    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, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    What this site is for…

    I have set up this site to expand and update the information (i.e. describe new science results), presented in my book Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction, and also to write about other interesting ideas. Please feel free to suggest any science topics that you

    Geoff Cottrell October 24, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

    Publication date for my book!

    Publication by Oxford University Press will be the 8th December 2016. There will be both printed and e-versions https://global.oup.com/academic/product/telescopes-a-very-short-introduction-9780198745860?q=cottrell&lang=en&cc=gb  

    Geoff Cottrell October 19, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments Read more
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