SKY LIGHTS – The only good night lights are billions of miles away.
A blog about astronomy that updates every Monday. Discusses various aspects of the physics of the night sky, and also has a lot of pretty night sky / space photos!
Sky Lights is a weekly blog about things you see in the sky (and some you can’t see). That covers a wide range of disciplines including: astronomy, meteorology, climatology, chemistry, physics, optics, earth & space science, and others. We’re also concerned about light pollution, and what can be done to preserve the darkness of our night sky.
Science Made Stupid
Once, when the secrets of science were the jealously guarded property of a small priesthood, the common man had no hope of mastering their arcane complexities. Years of study in musty classrooms were prerequisite to obtaining even a dim, incoherent knowledge of science.
Today, all that has changed: a dim, incoherent knowledge of science is available to anyone. Popular science books, magazines and computer programs - with their simple, fatuous and misleading prose, their garish illustrations, their flimsy modern production values - have brought science within the reach of anyone who can afford their inflated prices or who can mooch off someone else.
Indeed, today a myriad of sources are available to explain science facts that science itself has never dreamed of.
This web site is one of them.
I especially enjoy their discussion of particle physics.
Full versions of the book as pdf etc here (with permission).
