Last Saturday I got around to doing one of those long overdue jobs in the house – defrosting and clearing out the freezer. There are numerous reasons why this was a good idea – it’s not just about getting rid of the food that has been there rather too long, but also about making sure it […]
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Rutherford, Christchurch, alpha particles, Marsden and the like
On our drive up the east coast of the South Island last week, we had a short amount of time in Christchurch. Despite living in NZ for six years now, this was the first time that I’d been (changing planes at the airport doesn’t count). I can see why the guide-books suggest it is quite English. […]
Continue readingThe importance of physics
It is sometimes hard as a scientist to maintain a broad focus. It is very easy to get obsessed with your pet project and forget the equally important stuff being done by scientists and others elsewhere. Just because you find your research extremely interesting and you can see lots of uses for it, it doesn’t […]
Continue readingBack to the long-neglected blog
Well, I’m back in at work now after three weeks and four and a half thousand kilometres. Pleased to discover that in my absence the house hadn’t burnt down, there had been no floods and Christmas presents hadn’t been stolen. So it’s now back to trawling through three weeks’ worth of emails, catching up with […]
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