wigton physics

I was sent a link to this article from The Times newspaper. It explains well what is called the philosophy of science, that we could all ha...

Today I have founded the Campaign for Mass (CFM). I have become fed up with classes continuing to use the word weight when they really mean...

BBC2 next Wednesday (10 February) at 9pm, there is a programme in the Horizon series on the nature of infinity. You should watch it.

I heard on the radio last night that we are in a historically significant sunspot minimum. Apparently about 250 days since the last one. Wh...

Now that the Sun has reappeared after weeks of cloud, I've been able to look for sunspots from my lab window again. If you go back to t...

There aren't many places round here that attract university lecturers to speak. William Howard School has started having a series of su...

Tonight, Jim Al-Khalili is starting a history of chemistry at 9pm on BBC4. He's a physics professor so it should be from a physics pers...