Decoherency

The random blitherings of an astronomer

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Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Review : Matilda

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I picked up Catherine Hanley's Matilda : Empress, Queen, Warrior in the gift shop of Durham Cathedral. Quite what the connection is wit...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Review : Superman

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Today, a quick snap review of James Gunn's venture into the normally angst-ridden world that is the DC comic universe. First some backgr...
Thursday, 3 July 2025

Review : The Brain

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I interrupt my mythology book reviews to turn to the completely different matter of neuroscience. David Eagleman's Livewired was one of ...
Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Single Female Autarky

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Sorry. The headline is purely contrived based on the Bender's little parody song in Futurama : Single female lawyer ! Fighting for her ...
Monday, 30 June 2025

Black holes belay bird Bentleys

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Following that marvellous Aeon piece on how Phineas Gage didn't suffer a horrible personality disorder after taking a bolt to the brain...

Head injuries won't necessarily turn Jekyll into Hyde

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I already shared this on my social media feed, but it turned out to be rather long. And I find it so interesting I want to keep it here as ...
Sunday, 29 June 2025

Liberalism And The Sealt Belt Probelm

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Every once in a while, I come across a meme that's more provocative than the usual self-righteous bullshit that pervades my social media...
Saturday, 28 June 2025

Review : Impossible Monsters (II)

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Time to conclude my breakdown of Michael Taylor's Impossible Monsters , which looks at the discovery of dinosaurs from the perspective o...
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