Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Updated +Created
Video 1.
New Radio Telescope For Cambridge University (1963) by British Pathé
. Source.
Video 2.
Space Age Latin Lesson (1968) by British Pathé
. Source.
British Pathé Updated +Created
Quasar Updated +Created
Radio telescope Updated +Created
Antony Hewish Updated +Created
Radio astronomy Updated +Created
Radio astronomy is cool because it revealed:
The 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for pioneering radio astronomy from the late 40s onwards done at the University of Cambridge which was an epicenter of early research in that area, leading to the creation of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory in 1958.
Astronomer Updated +Created
A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid Updated +Created
Starting line:
We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A,). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest.
The Eighth Day of Creation explains the "salt" part as that was the usual way to prepare DNA for X-ray crystallography, where something binds with the phosphate groups of DNA
The paper then shoots down other previously devised helical structures, notably some containing 3 strands or phosphate on the inside.
Then they briefly describe their structure, and promise more details on future articles. This was mostly a short one-page priority note.
Then they drop their shell bomb conclusion:
It has not es~aped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material.
Both Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin are acknowledged at the end.
Figure 1.
DNA double helix illustration from "A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid"
. Source. Drawn by Francis Crick's wife Odile Crick.
Two sum problem Updated +Created
Standard input Updated +Created
Paper by Watson and Crick Updated +Created
NP-hard cryptosystem Updated +Created
This is natural question because both integer factorization and discrete logarithm are the basis for the most popular public-key cryptography systems as of 2020 (RSA and Diffie-Hellman key exchange respectively), and both are NP-intermediate. Why not use something more provenly hard?
MacArthur Fellows Program Updated +Created
Holy fuck what a eye watering amount, $800k over 5 years as of 2025, this is exactly what Ciro Santilli would need to push forward OurBigBook! He also fits the requirements quite well, as a "creative person". For Americans or US residents only though, sad. Outdated requirement given the Internet age.
Fibonacci sequence Updated +Created

Unlisted articles are being shown, click here to show only listed articles.