The Passing of
Tom Van Flandern
On that overcast Saturday morning, after
yet another starless night, I awoke with
great sadness to the following email
from Tom Van Flandern’s son Mike...
The First
Crisis in Cosmology Conference
In May
2004, a group of about 30 concerned
scientists published an open letter to
the global scientific community in New
Scientist in which they protested the
stranglehold...
The Second
Crisis in Cosmology Conference
Following the successful first
conference (CCC1), held in Moncao,
Portugal in 2005, the Alternative
Cosmology Group in the autumn of 2008
hosted a second, even bigger
conference...
Review: 'The
Black Hole War'
Perhaps
I’m not the best person to review Prof
Susskind’s book. I’m far too inclined,
prior to reading it, to sing its
praises, for this style of
writing—science lite, with soul—is right
up my street...
An Astronomical
Adventure
On
Saturday, 24th November 2007, I landed
at Heathrow airport on the adventure of
my life. It was minus two, and I was for
the first time convinced that I hadn’t
overstated my case...
Astrophysical
Bohemia
"Voelvlei"
is a 300-acre patch of pristine veld and
wetland in the lee of KwaZulu-Natal’s
Karkloof Mountains. There, in a rambling
Meccano-set, double story house...
An interview
with Hilton Ratcliffe
How would
you describe reaction to your book –
among both the scientific fraternity and
general public? Two words: Incredible,
fantastic...
"The further we look, the bigger things are. There is
an incredible diversity of structures in space, and I
was drawn to conclude that the cosmos is both infinite
and highly organised. And, to my human eye, achingly
beautiful." Hilton Ratcliffe
