Seb Falk
Researching King Arthur’s Table at the Adler Planetarium
This post is cross-posted from the blog of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA. It was written after a research visit I made to the...
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Seb Falk
Oct 7, 20132 min
Video: Connecting with Collections Symposium
I was pleased to be able to speak at (and help organise) the Connecting with Collections Symposium a few weeks ago. That event showcased...
Seb Falk
Aug 2, 20135 min
Museums and their Public
What do museums owe the public? And what should the public give museums? These questions have been on my mind recently, as I’ve been...
Seb Falk
Jun 20, 20134 min
How to cast a medieval horoscope
I wrote this post for the blog of the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM), which takes...
Seb Falk
Jun 10, 20133 min
Making a brass equatorium
I’m flying to Chicago on Wednesday. There’ll be an unusual object in my luggage (is it wise to put that kind of statement online?). ...
Seb Falk
May 29, 20133 min
Three Faces of Derek de Solla Price
This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. I recently read a fascinating article about the early years of the...
Seb Falk
Apr 23, 20133 min
Titbits in the archives: how to make and move an equatorium
This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. At the start of this project I was only hoping to find some ...
Seb Falk
Mar 19, 20134 min
Why did Derek de Solla Price come to Cambridge?
This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. In a previous post I introduced one of the main subjects of my...
Seb Falk
Mar 19, 20131 min
King Arthur’s Table goes on display
This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. Last Friday was a proud day, as the object I re-discovered and am...
Seb Falk
Feb 27, 20133 min
Lawrence Bragg and the Cavendish Laboratory
This post is cross-posted (with minor modifications) from the Connecting with Collections blog. This month the Connecting with...
Seb Falk
Feb 18, 20132 min
Chronology and the politicisation of history teaching
Last Saturday I posted about the proposed new National Curriculum and its programme of study for History. Yesterday’s Sunday papers...
Seb Falk
Feb 16, 20134 min
Matthew Arnold, Michael Faraday, and Michael Gove
To those who have managed to keep up with the astounding pace of policy changes flowing from the Department for Education in recent...
Seb Falk
Jan 29, 20132 min
Biographical musings
This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. My current project is about King Arthur’s Table. I described this...
Seb Falk
Jan 24, 20134 min
What’s the difference between an astrolabe and an equatorium?
This is a question I’ve been asked several times, and it’s a reasonable one given that this blog is called “Astrolabes and Stuff”, yet...
Seb Falk
Jan 8, 20132 min
King Arthur’s Table: From Cavendish to Whipple
Remember when I found King Arthur’s Round Table? I told the story way back in my second ever blog post. Go and have a read if you’ve...
Seb Falk
Jan 3, 20132 min
Sun-spotting
We all miss the Sun at this time of year, don’t we? (Unless you’re reading this from Australia, I suppose.) Luckily for you, this blog...
Seb Falk
Jan 2, 20133 min
The Encyglobedia hits the news
In between all the mince pies and playing with my new toys, I had an interesting lesson in media relations last week as a little piece of...
Seb Falk
Dec 17, 20123 min
How to predict an eclipse
Who's read Prisoners of the Sun? In this enthralling Tintin story our hero is captured by a group of Inca who have survived in secret. ...
Seb Falk
Dec 12, 20123 min
The Moon on a stick*
*well, on a disc of MDF, anyway. Want to know how to find the moon? Of course you do! So far on this blog I have constructed and...
Seb Falk
Nov 26, 20124 min
Mercury’s meandering deferent
This week I’m back with my equatorium, trying to pin down precisely how well it models Ptolemy’s planetary theories (and, in turn,...
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