by Colin Stuart | May 2, 2017 | Book Reviews
Author: Joshua Foer Rating: [usr=3.5] The fact that I was bought this book by a family member for my birthday probably owes as much to the title as it does to its content. Nevertheless, it was a fascinating insight into the lost world of...
by Colin Stuart | Apr 30, 2017 | Explainer, Thoughts
A few weeks ago I was giving a talk in a school on my kids book Why Space Matters to Me. At the end a girl asked me what seemed a fairly simple question: “why is the sky up?” My answer was equally simple, but her jaw dropped when I gave it. “It...
by Colin Stuart | Apr 20, 2017 | Thoughts
Next week I’ll be in Helsinki, speaking at the Upgraded Life Festival about why healthcare professionals and astronomers should work together more. At first the fit might not seem obvious. What do those who diagnose disease have in common with people studying...
by Colin Stuart | Mar 29, 2017 | Thoughts, Uncategorised
Many of us are guilty of what I think is a well-intentioned mistake: we ask children to imagine the jobs they want to do when they are older. When they don’t know we give them suggestions. We do it, perhaps, because we were asked the same question as children....
by Colin Stuart | Mar 21, 2017 | Book Reviews
Author: Tim Marshall Rating: [usr=4] Daytime TV is a natural consequence of the self-employed. Quite often when I am working on something I have the news channels on in the background, keeping track of what is going on in the world. Whenever I watched Sky News,...
