“..it’s not that spectacular, and lots of things about it are really disappointingly mediocre.”
Loved this, Peter. Maynooth has clearly infused you with that wonderfully morose Irish spirit.: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy that sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
Lazy old stars eh! Excellent introduction to your lecture series. I can see you presenting a BBC2 series set in a disused Open University studio, the occasional diagram and rostrum camera sequence to liven things up. No CGI allowed.
Is it not a bit like climate vs weather? I don’t find it that strange that we can model the universe as a whole, but find it much more difficult to describe on smaller scales
In the Dark 
May 4, 2020 at 2:24 pm
“..it’s not that spectacular, and lots of things about it are really disappointingly mediocre.”
Loved this, Peter. Maynooth has clearly infused you with that wonderfully morose Irish spirit.: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy that sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
I’m sure you recognise the source of the quote.
May 4, 2020 at 2:37 pm
Is that quote about W. B. Yeats or by him?
May 5, 2020 at 2:41 pm
Lazy old stars eh! Excellent introduction to your lecture series. I can see you presenting a BBC2 series set in a disused Open University studio, the occasional diagram and rostrum camera sequence to liven things up. No CGI allowed.
May 5, 2020 at 8:54 pm
Is it not a bit like climate vs weather? I don’t find it that strange that we can model the universe as a whole, but find it much more difficult to describe on smaller scales