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Manjit Kumar

@imanjitkumar

Author, Quantum. Co-author, Science and the Retreat from Reason. Working on the next one.

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Me on the splendid The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya review – the life of John von Neumann theguardian.com/books/2021/oct…

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Visualizations of Einstein's general relativity often show space warping only "underneath" an object--this visual is better:

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Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery at Sinai/Egypt holds a staggering record. Operating for almost 1,500 years uninterrupted since Emperor Justinian established it, with the oldest continuously operating library, contains some of the earliest Christian icons and texts.

Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery at Sinai/Egypt holds a staggering record. 

Operating for almost 1,500 years uninterrupted since Emperor Justinian established it, with the oldest continuously operating library, contains some of the earliest Christian icons and texts.
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🚨 Announcing the Bloomsbury Mentorship Programme 2023 🚨 The programme is a scheme to support unpublished, underrepresented fiction writers as they work to establish careers in the publishing industry. Find out more on how to apply: bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/blo…

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Leonardo da Vinci was a perfectionist and a procrastinator. He often left his works unfinished or delayed them for years. He carried some of his paintings with him wherever he went, such as the Mona Lisa and the Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and kept working on them until his

Leonardo da Vinci was a perfectionist and a procrastinator. He often left his works unfinished or delayed them for years. He carried some of his paintings with him wherever he went, such as the Mona Lisa and the Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and kept working on them until his
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Dr. Carl Sagan on books ✍️ What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of

Dr. Carl Sagan on books ✍️

What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of
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CYBORG: A DOCUMENTARY director, Carey Born, was interviewed about the film on the BBC’s Jumoké Fashola show. You can listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j… The film is released in cinemas this Friday, 20th September by Tull Stories. Screening info at: cyborgadocumentary.com

CYBORG: A DOCUMENTARY director, Carey Born, was interviewed about the film on the BBC’s Jumoké Fashola show. 
You can listen here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

The film is released in cinemas this Friday, 20th September by Tull Stories.

Screening info at: 
cyborgadocumentary.com
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If you couldn’t make my Royal Institution talk, there is always my book, A CRACK IN EVERYTHING, which focuses on the people who have made black hole discoveries, with the science interwoven as painlessly (hopefully) as possible amazon.co.uk/Crack-Everythi… Head of Zeus FBA

If you couldn’t make my Royal Institution talk, there is always my book, A CRACK IN EVERYTHING, which focuses on the people who have made black hole discoveries, with the science interwoven as painlessly (hopefully) as possible amazon.co.uk/Crack-Everythi… <a href="/HoZ_Books/">Head of Zeus</a> <a href="/FelicityBryan/">FBA</a>
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Trailer for fascinating new documentary by Carey Born CYBORG: A DOCUMENTARY | IN CINEMAS FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER | UK theatrical... youtu.be/E4IJhctVg2Y?si… via YouTube

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Niels Bohr's 1944 letter to Winston Churchill explaining him the scale of the Manhattan Project✉️ 22nd May 1944 The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P. Sir, In accordance with your kind permission, I have the honour to send you a brief report about my impressions of

Niels Bohr's 1944 letter to Winston Churchill explaining him the scale of the Manhattan Project✉️

 22nd May 1944
The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H., M.P.  

Sir,
In accordance with your kind permission, I have the honour to send you a brief report about my impressions of
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In 1856, Eunice Foote was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect by showing that carbon dioxide traps more heat than air. She published her findings in the American Journal of Science, but was largely ignored and denied the opportunity to present her work at a scientific

In 1856, Eunice Foote was the first to demonstrate the greenhouse effect by showing that carbon dioxide traps more heat than air. She published her findings in the American Journal of Science, but was largely ignored and denied the opportunity to present her work at a scientific
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Fantastic to see three Janklow authors chosen by The The Guardian as part of their BOOKS OF THE YEAR! 🎊LOVE TRIANGLE by Matt Parker 🎊THE SPOILED HEART by Sunjeev Sahota 🎊EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE by Tom Chivers . Allen Lane @HarvillSecker W&N Will Francis

Fantastic to see three Janklow authors chosen by The <a href="/guardian/">The Guardian</a> as part of their BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

🎊LOVE TRIANGLE by <a href="/standupmaths/">Matt Parker</a> 
🎊THE SPOILED HEART by Sunjeev Sahota
🎊EVERYTHING IS PREDICTABLE by <a href="/TomChivers/">Tom Chivers</a> 
.
<a href="/AllenLaneBooks/">Allen Lane</a> @HarvillSecker <a href="/wnbooks/">W&N</a> <a href="/zcosini/">Will Francis</a>
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Happy 131st Birthday to Satyendra Nath Bose (b.OTD in 1894), Indian physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, leading to the development of Bose-Einstein statistics and the prediction of a new state of matter called the Bose-Einstein condensate. Despite

Happy 131st Birthday to Satyendra Nath Bose (b.OTD in 1894), Indian physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, leading to the development of Bose-Einstein statistics and the prediction of a new state of matter called the Bose-Einstein condensate. Despite
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Euler's identity combines these five numbers in a simple and elegant equation. Despite each of the constants representing fundamentally different operations or areas in mathematics (algebra, geometry, and complex analysis), they all come together in this identity, showing a deep

Euler's identity combines these five numbers in a simple and elegant equation. Despite each of the constants representing fundamentally different operations or areas in mathematics (algebra, geometry, and complex analysis), they all come together in this identity, showing a deep