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Civilian radiation accidents in the 20th Century

Here is a short list of accidents that involve civilians being exposed to ionising radiation before the year 2000. Why did I stop there? The list was getting too long and too repetitive. And that is really concerning!

Posted byKeith2024-01-282025-01-01Posted inBlog, PhysicsLeave a comment on Civilian radiation accidents in the 20th Century

On the arrogance of physicists

Physics teachers can look like people whose whole raison d’etre is to catch young people out and proclaim, “ah ha, you were wrong!” In a way, that is precisely what we do.

Posted byKeith2024-01-272025-01-01Posted inBlog, General tomfoolery, Teaching and learningLeave a comment on On the arrogance of physicists

No valuables left overnight

This is a post full of pictures of how I built my hut

Posted byKeith2024-01-262025-01-01Posted inBlog, Personal, Physics with KeithLeave a comment on No valuables left overnight

What a waste of space

I could have got 42% more bauble if they were stacked differently

Posted byKeith2024-01-252025-01-01Posted inBlog, General tomfoolery, PhysicsLeave a comment on What a waste of space

Leslie’s Cube

There is more to surface emissivity than just colour and shininess. When using a good quality infrared thermal camera, there is usually an option to correct the temperature scale for the surface emissivity, from 0 to 1.

Posted byKeith2024-01-242025-01-01Posted inBlog, PhysicsLeave a comment on Leslie’s Cube

Laptop cooling systems? Not a big fan!

My new laptop CPU fan arrived today, and so I thought it’d be fun to ask ChatGPT to write an interesting blog post about laptop fans. The post in full is below.

Posted byKeith2024-01-232025-01-01Posted inBlog, PersonalLeave a comment on Laptop cooling systems? Not a big fan!

My first school report, 1989

His poor coordination leads him to dislike many activities in PE.

Posted byKeith2024-01-222025-01-01Posted inBlog, PersonalLeave a comment on My first school report, 1989

The five best things about being a physics teacher

Why do I look forward to Monday mornings?

Posted byKeith2024-01-212025-01-01Posted inBlog, General tomfoolery, Teaching and learningLeave a comment on The five best things about being a physics teacher

The problem with observation

The act of making a measurement changes the measurement being made.

Posted byKeith2024-01-202025-01-01Posted inAstronomy, Blog, PhysicsLeave a comment on The problem with observation

Issues with Casio calculators

Why do I dislike Casio calculators? Watch this video for a few of the reasons!

Posted byKeith2024-01-192025-01-01Posted inBlog, CalculatorsLeave a comment on Issues with Casio calculators

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