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Relatively General
http://www.relativelygeneral.com
Ramblings of an Open University Science student. This blog follows my progress towards as BSc Natural Sciences with the Open University. There's bound to be success, failure, frustration and elation. Join me for the journey of discovery.
- Added on: Feb 21st, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Jon Crane
- Listed in: Science Higher
- Tags: education science learning General relativity open university
Recent Posts
Fluffy Squirrel video from YouTube
Herschel and Planck launch date announced.
The go ahead has been given for the launch of the Herschel and Planck telescopes on 14th May 2009. They will be launched from Kourou in French Guiana via the Arianne 5 rocket. The launch has been delayed a little by the now customary 11th hour techni...
New Website, Aero-Digital.co.uk
I’ve not posted for a couple of weeks now. My absence hasn’t been due to a writers block or lack of interest, but because I’ve been busy building a website for my brother. He’s a keen and talented amateur photographer, who sp...
GOCE Launch Success
The European Space Agency successfully launched GOCE yesterday, Tuesday 17th, a day later than scheduled. The project suffered a number of setbacks which had delayed the launch by almost a year - so another day right at the end must have been excruci...
New Scientist Subscription
I’ve been toying with the idea of subscribing to New Scientist for a while now. As a little treat to myself today I went ahead and signed up. Hopefully my print copy should arrive in the next few days - in the mean time there’s lots of on...
GOCE Satellite Launch Day
The GOCE satellite is due for launch today. The satellite is designed to map minute variations in gravitational force on Earth. The variations of gravity are caused, in part, by the shape of the Earth. Unusually GOCE is being launched via an Interco...
