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Far Side of the Moore by Sean Grundy
Far Side Of The Moore By Sean Grundy CHARACTERS PATRICK MOORE (early 30s)...eccentric amateur astronomer PAUL JOHNSTONE (mid 30s)...BBC science producer DR HENRY KING (40s) ...soon-to-be head of the BAA PERCY WILKINS (60s) ...Moore’s mentor EILEEN WILKINS (early 20s) ...Percy’s daughter ARTHUR C CLARKE (late 30s)...Moore’s friend GERTRUDE MOORE (60s)...Moore’s mother LEONARD MIALL (40s)...BBC Head of Talks ANNOUNCER; STUDIO FM; TRANSMISSION CONTROL; HENRY KING’S SECRETARY; NEWS REPORTER; GEORGE ADAMSKI; BAA PRESIDENT Set in mid-1950s at BBC TV, BAA meeting room and Patrick’s home, East Grinstead. (Draft 4 - 27/01/15) SCENE 1.INTRO. SFX SPACEY FX/MUSIC ANNOUNCER The following drama is based on the true story of Patrick Moore and the making of ‘The Sky At Night’. PATRICK MOORE (OLDER) All true, even the stuff I exaggerated to jolly up the proceedings. However, I do apologise for my restraint on more colourful opinions: PC-brigade, female producers, Europhiles and all that. Damn irritating.. (FADE) SFX SPACEY MUSIC – MIX TO – RADIO DIAL REWINDING BACK IN TIME TO: SCENE 2.INT. BBC STUDIO. 1957 ARCHIVE (OR MOCK-UP) CYRIL STAPLETON’S PARADE MUSIC PLAYS PAUL JOHNSTONE ..Countdown to live in 90..Ident, please.. STUDIO FM (ON TALKBACK) Sky At Night. Programme 1. 24/4/57. 10.30pm. Transmission, do you have a feed? TRANSMISSION CONTROL (ON TALKBACK) Hello, studio. Rolling credits on ‘Cyril Stapleton Parade’. I see your slate: (READS) ‘Producer, Paul Johnstone. Host, Patrick Meere.’ STUDIO FM (ON TALKBACK) ‘Moore’. TRANSMISSION CONTROL Correction, ‘Moore’. STUDIO FM (ON TALKBACK) Live in 60. -
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Gold T. Rotating Neutron Stars As the Origin of the Pulsating Radio Sources
CC/NUMBER 8 ® FEBRUARY 22, 1993 This Week's Citation Classic Gold T. Rotating neutron stars as the origin of the pulsating radio sources. Nature 218:731-2, 1968; and Gold T. Rotating neutron stars and the nature of pulsars. Nature 221:25-7, 1969. [Center for Radiophysics and Space Research: and Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Center. Cornell University, Ithaca. NY] Enigmatic, rapidly pulsating radio sources were preferred to attribute these sources to interpreted as rotating beacons sweeping over distant galaxies, not to stellar objects. the Earth, radiating out from rapidly rotating, The pulsars now seemed to repre- extremely collapsed stars ("neutron stars"). Nu- merous detailed predictions followed from this sent just the stellar objects I had dis- model, and all were soon verified. The model cussed then. Calculations existed for also accounted closely for the previously unex- the collapsed "neutron stars" that in- plained luminosity of the Crab Nebula. [The dicated approximately their size, as SCI® indicates that these papers have been small as a few kilometers, and their cited in more than 240 and 150 publications, mass, on the order of a solar mass.4 respectively.] Astronomers generally thought that even if they existed, they could never be discovered. However hot, a star so small could not be seen at astronomi- The Nature of Pulsars cal distances. But they had not con- sidered the energy concentration re- Thomas Gold sulting from the collapse: enormous Center for Radiophysics magnetic field strengths and a spin and Space Research energy quite comparable with the en- Cornell University tire content of nuclear energy of the Ithaca, NY 14853 star before its collapse. -
Annual Report 2016 ↓ Section 0 2 — School Council
ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ↓ SECTION SECTION 0 2 — SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL Geelong Grammar School Corio Campus 50 Biddlecombe Avenue Corio, Victoria 3214 T +61 3 5273 9231 F +61 3 5273 9356 www.ggs.vic.edu.au CRICOS 00143G ABN 92 004 971 500 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL ↓ CONTENTS SECTION 0 2 — SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL 04 12 33 COUNCIL REPORT FOUNDATION REPORT OGG REPORT Jeremy Kirkwood (FB’79) Penny McBain Margie Gillett (Cordner, Cl’71) 08 16 35 COUNCIL FOUNDATION OGG FINANCIAL SUMMARY FINANCIAL SUMMARY FINANCIAL SUMMARY 10 22 34 COUNCIL FOUNDATION OGG MEMBERS BOARD COMMITTEE 25 FOUNDATION MEMBERS 29 FOUNDATION DONORS ANNUAL REPORT 2016 - GEELONG GRAMMAR SCHOOL 3 ↓ SECTION SECTION 0 2 — SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT FOR 2016 TOGETHER WITH THE ABRIDGED 2016 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS. 2016 was a consolidating year after the School’s appearance before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in September and October 2015. The School established a Recognition Committee following the Royal Commission’s public hearings, which met three times in 2016. The School implemented the major recommendation of the Recognition Committee by appointing a Survivor Liaison Coordinator, Renee Handsaker, to provide outreach and support to survivors of child sexual abuse at the School. Ms Handsaker has performed a vital role assisting survivors in a confidential and independent way. Her role is complimentary to, but separate of, the independent counsellor provided by the School to offer counselling and advice. The Royal Commission released its final report from the School’s case study in February 2017. -
The Deep, Hot Biosphere (Geochemistry/Planetology) THOMAS GOLD Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Contributed by Thomas Gold, March 13, 1992
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 89, pp. 6045-6049, July 1992 Microbiology The deep, hot biosphere (geochemistry/planetology) THOMAS GOLD Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Contributed by Thomas Gold, March 13, 1992 ABSTRACT There are strong indications that microbial gasification. As liquids, gases, and solids make new contacts, life is widespread at depth in the crust ofthe Earth, just as such chemical processes can take place that represent, in general, life has been identified in numerous ocean vents. This life is not an approach to a lower chemical energy condition. Some of dependent on solar energy and photosynthesis for its primary the energy so liberated will increase the heating of the energy supply, and it is essentially independent of the surface locality, and this in turn will liberate more fluids there and so circumstances. Its energy supply comes from chemical sources, accelerate the processes that release more heat. Hot regions due to fluids that migrate upward from deeper levels in the will become hotter, and chemical activity will be further Earth. In mass and volume it may be comparable with all stimulated there. This may contribute to, or account for, the surface life. Such microbial life may account for the presence active and hot regions in the Earth's crust that are so sharply of biological molecules in all carbonaceous materials in the defined. outer crust, and the inference that these materials must have Where such liquids or gases stream up to higher levels into derived from biological deposits accumulated at the surface is different chemical surroundings, they will continue to repre- therefore not necessarily valid. -
Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series
Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series Other Titles in this Series Navigating the Night Sky Astronomy of the Milky Way How to Identify the Stars and The Observer’s Guide to the Constellations Southern/Northern Sky Parts 1 and 2 Guilherme de Almeida hardcover set Observing and Measuring Visual Mike Inglis Double Stars Astronomy of the Milky Way Bob Argyle (Ed.) Part 1: Observer’s Guide to the Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae Northern Sky and other transient Phenomena Mike Inglis Neil Bone Astronomy of the Milky Way Human Vision and The Night Sky Part 2: Observer’s Guide to the How to Improve Your Observing Skills Southern Sky Michael P. Borgia Mike Inglis How to Photograph the Moon and Planets Observing Comets with Your Digital Camera Nick James and Gerald North Tony Buick Telescopes and Techniques Practical Astrophotography An Introduction to Practical Astronomy Jeffrey R. Charles Chris Kitchin Pattern Asterisms Seeing Stars A New Way to Chart the Stars The Night Sky Through Small Telescopes John Chiravalle Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest Deep Sky Observing Photo-guide to the Constellations The Astronomical Tourist A Self-Teaching Guide to Finding Your Steve R. Coe Way Around the Heavens Chris Kitchin Visual Astronomy in the Suburbs A Guide to Spectacular Viewing Solar Observing Techniques Antony Cooke Chris Kitchin Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies How to Observe the Sun Safely A New Approach to Observing Deep Space Lee Macdonald Antony Cooke The Sun in Eclipse Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes Sir Patrick Moore and Michael Maunder Step-by-Step Activities for Discovery Transit Michael K. -
Unit VI Superconductivity JIT Nashik Contents
Unit VI Superconductivity JIT Nashik Contents 1 Superconductivity 1 1.1 Classification ............................................. 1 1.2 Elementary properties of superconductors ............................... 2 1.2.1 Zero electrical DC resistance ................................. 2 1.2.2 Superconducting phase transition ............................... 3 1.2.3 Meissner effect ........................................ 3 1.2.4 London moment ....................................... 4 1.3 History of superconductivity ...................................... 4 1.3.1 London theory ........................................ 5 1.3.2 Conventional theories (1950s) ................................ 5 1.3.3 Further history ........................................ 5 1.4 High-temperature superconductivity .................................. 6 1.5 Applications .............................................. 6 1.6 Nobel Prizes for superconductivity .................................. 7 1.7 See also ................................................ 7 1.8 References ............................................... 8 1.9 Further reading ............................................ 10 1.10 External links ............................................. 10 2 Meissner effect 11 2.1 Explanation .............................................. 11 2.2 Perfect diamagnetism ......................................... 12 2.3 Consequences ............................................. 12 2.4 Paradigm for the Higgs mechanism .................................. 12 2.5 See also ............................................... -
Science Loses Some Friends Francis Crick, Thomas Gold, and Philip Abelson
Monthly Planet October 2004 Science Loses Some Friends Francis Crick, Thomas Gold, and Philip Abelson By Iain Murray he scientifi c world lost three impor- Throughout his career, Abelson used which suggests that the universe and Ttant fi gures in recent weeks, as scientifi c principles to determine genu- the laws of physics have always existed Francis Crick, Thomas Gold, and Philip ine new developments from hype and in the same, steady state. This has since Abelson have all passed away. In their publicity stunts (he was famously dis- been supplanted as the dominant cos- careers, each demonstrated the best that missive of the scientifi c value of the race mological paradigm by the Big Bang science has to offer humanity. Their loss to the moon). In that, he should prove a theory. illustrates how much worse off the state role model for true scientists. After working at the Royal Greenwich of science is today than during their Observatory, Gold moved to the United glory years. Thomas Gold States to become Professor of Astron- Astronomer Thomas Gold had an omy at Harvard. From there he moved Philip Abelson equally distinguished career, in fi elds as to Cornell, where he demonstrated that Philip Abelson was a scientist of truly diverse as engineering, physiology, and the newly discovered “pulsar” phenom- broad talents. One of America’s fi rst cosmology; and he was never afraid of enon must contain a rotating neutron nuclear physicists, he discovered the being called a maverick. A fellow of both star (a star more massive than the sun element Neptunium and designed the the Royal Society and the National Acad- but just 10 km in diameter). -
Notes of a Fringe -Watcher
MARTIN GARDNER Notes of a Fringe -Watcher The Anomalies of Chip Arp We have watched the farther galaxies I don't know what the 'C stands for, but fleeing away from us, wild herds of panic all his friends call him 'Chip.' He's in horses—or a trick of distance deceived danger of losing all those friends, if he the prism. keeps up what he's doing now! "Now mind you, I am kidding, be —Robinson Jeffers cause I am very fond of Chip Arp. In fact, we were graduate students at Caltech N HIS SPLENDID book The Drama together. But in those years he was nice." I of the Universe (1978) the late George An astronomer at Hale Observatories, Abell, an astronomer who served on the in California, Chip Arp is still adding to editorial board of this magazine, specu his collection of crazy objects, and still lates what generates the enormous ener making sharp rapier jabs at his more gies emitted by quasars (quasi-stellar orthodox colleagues. (Actual sword fenc sources). Quasars are almost surely the ing, by the way, is one of his major hob most distant known objects in the uni bies.) Like Thomas Gold, the subject of verse. Their gigantic redshifts indicate this column two issues back, Arp is a that some are moving outward at veloci competent, well-informed scientist who ties close to 90 percent of the speed of delights in the role of gadfly. His peculiar light. They occupy positions believed to anomalies are quasars that seem to be be very near the "edge" of the light connected by bridges of luminous gas barrier, a boundary beyond which noth but that have markedly different red- ing could ever be observed from our shifts, or high-redshift quasars that ap galaxy. -
Can High Pressures Enhance the Long-Term Survival of Microorganisms?
Can High Pressures Enhance The Long-Term Survival of Microorganisms? Robert M. Hazen & Matt Schrenk Carnegie Institution & NASA Astrobiology Institute Pardee Keynote Symposium: Evidence for Long-Term Survival of Microorganisms and Preservation of DNA Philadelphia – October 24, 2006 Objectives I. Review the nature and distribution of life at high pressures. II. Examine the extreme pressure limits of cellular life. III. Compare experimental approaches to study microbial behavior at high P and T. IV. Explore how biomolecules and their reactions might change at high pressure? I. High-Pressure Life HMS Challenger – 1870s 20 MPa (~200 atmospheres) High-Pressure Life Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents – 1977 High-Pressure Life Discoveries of Microbial Life in Crustal Rocks – 1990s P ~ 100 MPa Witwatersrand Deep Microbiology Project Energy from radiolytic cleavage of water. Lin, Onstott et al. (2006) Science Thomas Gold’s Hypothesis: Organic Synthesis in the Mantle ß>300 MPa Thomas Gold (1999) NY:Springer-Verlag. Life at High Pressures on other Worlds? Deep, wet environments may exist on Mars, Europa, etc. I. What is the Nature and Distribution of Life at High-Pressure? Deep life, especially microbial life, is abundant throughout the upper crust . II. What are the Extreme Pressure Limits of Life? How deep might microbes exist in Earth’s crust? Pressure Can Enhance T Stability [Pledger et al. (1994) FEMS Microbiology [Margosch et al. (2006) Appl. Environ. Ecology 14, 233-242.] Microbiology 72, 3476-3481.] Life’s Extreme Pressure Limits 60 km Fast, cold slabs have regions of P > 2 GPa & T < 150°C [Stein & Stein (1996) AGU Monograph 96] Pressure Limits of Life Hydrothermal Opposed-Anvil Cell Pressure Limits of Life E. -
Patrick Moore Become an Iconic Symbol of Sir Patrick Moore in with Countless Books and a 55-Year-Old Monthly TV Program, Britain’S Astronomy Community
A knight’s tale To step inside Moore’s house in Selsey, England, Visiting Britain’s legendary is to walk through decades of astronomical Pete Lawrence Pete The weather vane at his home in Selsey has history. Patrick Moore become an iconic symbol of Sir Patrick Moore in With countless books and a 55-year-old monthly TV program, Britain’s astronomy community. Sir Patrick Moore is synonymous with the wonders of the cosmos and British eccentricity. by Stuart Clark Of cats and planets sound-bite sentences and uttered with a dry To step inside Moore’s house in Selsey, Eng- sense of old English humor. Although the land, is to walk through decades of astro- voice is quieter now, and occasionally a little nomical history. Everywhere you look, tremulous, his delivery is unmistakable. books, photos, or other memorabilia com- He points to the mantelpiece, where memorate a lifetime of astronomical work. carved bookends hold together a collection f you have ever seen the televi- Before going inside, though, first you see of small blue books. “One of those is called Patrick Moore and the BBC premiered The Sky sion program, you would be a handwritten sign on the front door. It The Story of the Solar System by G. F. at Night in April 1957. The broadcast company forgiven for thinking Sir explains that cats live in the house, so the Chambers,” Moore explains. “I picked that originally slated the monthly program for three porch door and the front door must never up when I was 6 and read it through, and I episodes to see how viewers would receive it; it has been running continuously in mostly the Patrick Moore delivered be open at the same time, lest they escape. -
Edward Milne's Influence on Modern Cosmology
ANNALS OF SCIENCE, Vol. 63, No. 4, October 2006, 471Á481 Edward Milne’s Influence on Modern Cosmology THOMAS LEPELTIER Christ Church, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1DP, UK Received 25 October 2005. Revised paper accepted 23 March 2006 Summary During the 1930 and 1940s, the small world of cosmologists was buzzing with philosophical and methodological questions. The debate was stirred by Edward Milne’s cosmological model, which was deduced from general principles that had no link with observation. Milne’s approach was to have an important impact on the development of modern cosmology. But this article shows that it is an exaggeration to intimate, as some authors have done recently, that Milne’s rationalism went on to infiltrate the discipline. Contents 1. Introduction. .........................................471 2. Methodological and philosophical questions . ..................473 3. The outcome of the debate .................................476 1. Introduction In a series of articles, Niall Shanks, John Urani, and above all George Gale1 have analysed the debate stirred by Edward Milne’s cosmological model.2 Milne was a physicist we can define, at a philosophical level, as an ‘operationalist’, a ‘rationalist’ and a ‘hypothetico-deductivist’.3 The first term means that Milne considered only the observable entities of a theory to be real; this led him to reject the notions of curved space or space in expansion. The second term means that Milne tried to construct a 1 When we mention these authors without speaking of one in particular, we will use the expression ‘Gale and co.’ 2 George Gale, ‘Rationalist Programmes in Early Modern Cosmology’, The Astronomy Quarterly,8 (1991), 193Á218.