The Quantum Cat
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Errata
Archive
About
History of Physics
Why Did The Athenians Kill Socrates?
On the life and death of Socrates
Mar 13
•
Alastair Williams
6
The Week in Space and Physics: The First Molecules of Water
On the origins of water, a survey of the Radcliffe Wave, Moon landings, and the eighth flight of Starship.
Mar 11
•
Alastair Williams
24
3
Was Zeno Right About the Impossibility of Motion?
On Zeno and the paradoxes of motion
Mar 6
•
Alastair Williams
17
5
Greeks III: The Logos of Heraclitus
On the cosmos, and order over disorder
Feb 13
•
Alastair Williams
4
Greeks II: Pythagoras and The Cult of Numbers
On the Pythagoreans, their fear of irrational numbers, and the search for universal music.
Feb 7
•
Alastair Williams
12
1
Greeks I: The Father of Science
On Thales of Miletus and the dawn of natural philosophy
Jan 30
•
Alastair Williams
5
Babylonia II: The Beginnings of Time
On the origins of calendars and clocks
Jan 23
•
Alastair Williams
37
2
Babylonia I: When the Gods Anu and Enlil…
On the ancient astrologers of Babylon.
Jan 16
•
Alastair Williams
8
Origins: A Fairy Tale of the Pleiades
Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade,
Jan 9
•
Alastair Williams
25
3
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts