martinbalsam
Re:Galileo was right, but so were his critics (2015)
on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:25AM (#22442587)
what a coincidence, edu-Youtuber Brady Haran just uploaded three videos about the Vatican Observatory, a long interview with brother Guy and the their collection of space rocks:
The Pope's Space Rocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OI4wb2XIZc
The Pope's Telescopes - Deep Sky Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccoGKAL6Qas
The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols
Re:Robert Langlands: The Greatest Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of?
on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:08AM (#18509269)
Oh, Robert Langlands!
I worked on a short film about him, for the Abel Prize ceremony, last March.
Re:Netflix Originals: Production and Post-Production Requirements v2.1
on Thursday June 22, 2017 @02:16PM (#14614165)
I would say that the Arri Alexa SXT is a better camera than most of the cameras listed there.
Re:A Scientist Who Helped Amy Adams Talk to Aliens in “Arrival”
on Saturday November 12, 2016 @12:03PM (#12938774)
Apparently Stephen Wolfram and his son were involved in the making of Arrival http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/11/quick-how-might-the-a...
Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
on Monday October 24, 2016 @03:09PM (#12781840)
(Finally something I can contribute to, on HN)
My father plays in a baroque orchestra (the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra), and I know that when they play a repertory, e.g. Dieterich Buxtehude, the orchestra tunes to 465 meantone.
Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan
on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:22AM (#12700552)
And Al Gore