I’ve been reading a popular science monthly magazine DELTA. It has been run since 1974 by University of Warsaw. Delta traditionally covers maths, physics and astronomy. Bits of biology and chemistry also sneak in. It is in Polish (although guest writers from universities abroad also publish there), but also open access (nice pdfs) & getting a properly written strict science text translated into English shouldn’t be a problem these days ;-)
https://www.deltami.edu.pl
#physics #maths #popularscience
#popularScience
Amusing Experiments (after Martin Gardner) by Martin Gardner; M. Stoliar ; L. Fomin
SCIENCE READER FOR THE EIGHTH FORM OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
In this book you will find descriptions of amusing experiments which are based upon well-known scientific facts. You can easily carry out these experiments yourselves, and you will not need any special equipment. But if you wish to show the experiments to your friends, we advise you to practise them a few times before you demonstrate.
The experiments are not only amusing: after you have carried out each experiment and read the explanation, you will learn something interesting and important in such fields of science as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and psychology.
The book will help you to learn a number of new English words which are connected with science. When you have learned them, it will be much easier for you to read scientific literature in English in the senior forms. At the end of the book you will find the vocabulary of the words which you may not know. Some of the terms are given in the footnotes. We hope that you will find the book interesting and easy to read, and that it will help you to become science-minded people.
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CONTENTS
ASTRONOMY
Prove That the Sum of All the Angles of a Triangle Is 180°
You Can Push a Coin Through a Smaller Hole
How Long Is the Diagonal of a Square?
Short Bridges
The Pythagorean Theorem
How Many Matches Are There in Your Hand?
A Trick with Dice
The Wonderful Window
Quick Addition
An Interesting Way to Multiply Numbers
Strange Mathematics
Magic in Mathematics
PSYCHOLOGY
Hot or Cold?
“Moscow in the Spring”
It Is Easy to Remember Some Facts
PHYSICS
Watermarks
Spectrum on the Ceiling
A Device to Copy Pictures
An Experiment with a Box of Matches
The Forks Will Not Fall Down
How to Break a Strong Rope
A Lemonade-straw Can Go Through a Potato
Egg in the Bottle
A Three-kopek Coin Can Dance
The Magdeburg Glasses
Bernoulli’s Principle
Two Interesting Ways to Blow Out a Candle
An Experiment with a Table-tennis Ball
Cold Water Can Boil
The Button Which Does What You Tell It
An Automatic Siphon
You Can Get the Water out of the Glass
The Water Is in the Lower Glass
Pascal’s Law
Put the Cork in the Centre
An Experiment with a Cardboard Arrow
How You Can Demonstrate Inertia
The Egg and Friction
There Is No Magic
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
A Funny Finger
Circles on the Card
A Missing Piece of Cake
An Optical Illusion with a Match
Moon Illusion
An Illusion with a Three-kopek Coin
You Can See Through Your Hand
The Third Coin
A Strange Spiral
Paper Films
A Turning Device
An Illusion with a Pencil
A Pendulum Which Moves in a Circle
The Stamp Which Disappears
The Two Sides of Your Face Are Different
You Haven’t Seen the Real Image of Your Face in the Mirror
Colour That Isn’t There
You Can Read a Secret Letter from Your Friend
You Can Make a Stroboscope
EXPERIMENTS WITH SOUND
A Musical Fork
Music from a Coat-hanger
A Musical Glass of Water
VOCABULARY
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I set out to write the book that I would want to read. The result is Een Wereld vol Denkers (A World of Thinkers) Here’s how and why the book came to be! 🤩✍️ https://cogsci.nl/blog/my-experiences-writing-and-publishing-popular-science #books #popularscience #psychology #ai #biology
अनूठे जहाज़ – ख्यातोस्लाव साखर्नीव ( Wondorous Ships In Hindi by Svyatoslav Sakharnov)
सागरों में जहाज चलते हैं। भाप छोड़ते हैं, नुकीले सिरों से पानी को चीरते हैं और अपने काम-काज पूरे करने की उतावली में रहते हैं।
किसी जहाज की धुआं-चिमनी ऊंची होती है और किसी की नीची। कोई तो तीन बजरे आसानी से खींच ले जाता है और कोई खुद भी बड़ी मुश्किल से रेंगता है। कुछ जहाज सुन्दर होते हैं और कुष्टछ भद्दे। प्रत्येक भिन्न-भिन्न होता है।
इन जहाजों के भाग्य भी अलग-अलग होते हैं- कोई खुशकिस्मत, तो कोई बदकिस्मत, किसी को बड़ा आदर-सत्कार मिलता है, तो किसी को भुला दिया जाता है।
लोगों की तरह जहाज भी अलग-अलग और अनूठे होते हैं।
अनुवादक : मदनलाल ‘मधु’ चित्रकार : व्लादीमिर सूरिकोव
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#खज #गल_ #जहज #जहजनरमण #जहजकइतहस #जहजपरजवन #बचचककतब_ #यदधपत #लकपरयवजञन #सचतरकतब_ #सवयतसहतय #childrenSBooks #discoveries #galleys #historyOfShips #illustratedBooks #lifeOnShips #popularScience #shipConstruction #ships #sovietLiterature #warships
यह सभी कुत्तें है – ईगर अकीमुश्किन(The Dog Family Stories In Hindi by Igor Akimushkin)
A little book describing various members of the dog family
कुत्ते के परिवार के विभिन्न सदस्यों का वर्णन करने वाली एक छोटी सी किताब
चित्रकारः अ० केलेइनिकोव
अनुवादकः संगमलाल मालवीय
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#कततपरवर #जगलजनवर #जलज_ #भडय_ #लकडबगघ_ #ललतवजञन #लकपरयवजञन #लमड_ #सवयतसहतय #dogFamily #foxes #hyenas #popularScience #sovietLiterature #wildAnimals #wolves #zoology
🔬 How does the subject influence observation 👀?
The very act of recognizing changes what we see—not through force, but through #information.
The #Zoomposium with #GerdGanteför is about observers, #quantumphysics, and the limits of our #reality.
➡ https://youtu.be/V4pUEEtFCUo
👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2023/04/16/zoomposium-gerd-gantefoer/
#LimitsOfPhysics #Science #Philosophy #NaturalSciences #Metaphysics #Reality #PopularScience #AntonZeilinger #JohnWheeler #Observers #ParticlePhysics
दादा का चश्मा – जॉर्जी युरमिन ( Grandpa’s Glasses In Hindi by Georgi Yurmin)
A little book describing various optical instruments, their history, working, construction and uses.
विभिन्न ऑप्टिकल उपकरणों, उनके इतिहास, कार्य, निर्माण और उपयोग का वर्णन करने वाली एक छोटी सी पुस्तक ।
अनुवादक योगेंद्र नागपाल
चित्रकार इरीना किसेलेव्स्काया
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#आख_ #चशम_ #दरबन #परकशक_ #मइकरसकप #लस #लकपरयवजञन #सवयतसहतय #eyes #glasses #lenses #microscope #optics #popularScience #sovietLiterature #telescope
How does oxygen get from the ocean surface layer to the ocean's intermediate depth and bottom waters?
I wrote a brief overview of the processes involved and the key regions of ocean ventilation:
How does oxygen get from the ocean surface layer to the ocean's intermediate depth and bottom waters? 🧪🌊 I wrote a brief overview of the processes involved and the key regions of ocean ventilation: denis-gilbert.ca/en/2025/04/1... #ocean #oceanography #oxygen #popularscience #science
विषाणु- मित्र या शत्रु ? – द.ग्री.जातूला, से.अ.मामेदवा (Virus – Friend Or Foe in Hindi by D. G. Zatula, S.A. Mamedova)
इस पुस्तक में विषाणुविज्ञान को सरल भाषा में प्रस्तुत किया गया है। इसमें मनुष्य द्वारा अध्ययन किये जा रहे सूक्ष्मदर्श अंर्तकोशिकीय जैव पदार्थों विषाणुओं का वर्णन किया गया है। इसके लेखक मीत्री ग्रीगोरेविन जातूला ने जीव विज्ञान में डी० एस० सी० की तथा लेखिका सेविल श्रशराफ किजी ममेदवा ने पी० एच० डी० की उपाधि प्राप्त की है। द० ग्री० जानूला मोनियत विज्ञान अकादमी के उपसदस्य हैं तथा सं० अ० ममेदवा यूक्रेइन के एक सूक्ष्मजीव-विज्ञान- संस्थान में अनुसंधान-कार्य में व्यस्त हैं। लेखकों ने रोवक भाषा में यह बताया है कि विषाणु वैज्ञानिक अदृश्य पदार्थों का अध्ययन कैसे करते हैं, इसके लिए उन्हें कितने विचित्र, कुशल व मनोरं- जक ढंग अपनाने पड़ते हैं। पुस्तकः मे विषाणुओं द्वारा फैलाई जाने वाली बीमारियों व उनसे सुरक्षा के उपायों पर भी विचार किया गया है।
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अनुवादक रमिंद्र पाल सिंह
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विषय-सूचो
प्रस्तावना 7
अदृश्य राज्य के द्वार पर 9
निस्यंदी विष की विचित्र आदतें 22
विषाणु की “बास्तुकला” 42
कोशिका में विषाणु 54
आक्रामक – वनस्पति जगत में 70
मनुष्य, जन्तु तथा विषाणु 85
शताब्दी के रोग के रहस्य 107
उपसंहार 122
#चकतस_ #जवनवजञन #परजव_ #ललतवजञनसहतय #लकपरयवजञन #वयरस #वयरसरग #सवयतसहतय #सवसथय #health #lifeSciences #medicine #parasites #popularScience #sovietLiterature #virus #virusDisease
Recent reading:
In VAGINA OBSCURA: AN ANATOMICAL VOYAGE, Rachel E. Gross set out to write a book about the vagina, & expanded her scope to include the rest of the female reproductive system.
The book covers both historical stories and research frontiers. The two chapters about the clitoris are good examples of this range; the first chapter discusses Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962), her interest in sexual psychology that led her to Freud's psychoanalysis, and the disappointing results as she tried to fix her inability to achieve a vaginal-only orgasm. The next chapter covers the newly discovered anatomy of the clitoris & she interviews staff at a French clinic that repairs the damage from genital cutting. It also ends up tying into to the final chapter about vaginoplasty, the construction of a vagina for MtF trans people.
Other chapters discuss Miriam Menkin's 1940s work on human embryonic development that led to IVF, the complexities of endometriosis, the regenerative power of the uterus, and the invention of hormone therapy. The book is excellent popular-science writing, reminded me of Mary Roach's BONK but is less jokey (though Gross does include a few jokes).
#books #bookstodon #medicine #PopularScience #VaginaObscura #RachelEGross
ENTERTAINING, IMPRESSIVELY COMPREHENSIVE history of humanity’s long and confused journey to the discovery of germ theory is a work of popular science with all the propulsive energy of a mystery novel, even though we know the ending. A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/so-very-small-thomas-levenson/1146072181?ean=9780593242735
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Currently reading "Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space" by @Chrislintott & really enjoying it (and the footnotes--they are👌)
Strong recommend for others who enjoy popular science #astronomy content!
#AstroDon #Space #science #AmReading #Reading #BooksOfMastodon #SciComm #Books #reading #PopularScience
Geologic Calendar (Geology ⛰️)
The Geologic Calendar is a scale in which the geological timespan of the Earth is mapped onto a calendrical year; that is to say, the day one of the Earth took place on a geologic January 1 at precisely midnight, and today's date and time is December 31 at midnight. On this calendar, the inferred appearance of the first living sing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_Calendar
#GeologicCalendar #Analogy #Geology #UnitsOfTime #PopularScience #TimeInAstronomy
Was #SabineHossenfelder swapped for someone else and deep faked to look similar? Or is she using some #AI filter? She looks so different now I can't recognize her. It's creepy.
🚨 Breaking News: Unsubscribe buttons might be scams! 🕵️♂️ Who knew?! In a shocking twist, clicking "unsubscribe" could lead to more spam than a mid-2000s inbox. 📬 Popular Science bravely dives into the obvious, uncovering the decade-old email secret. 🙄 Bravo!
https://www.popsci.com/technology/email-unsubscribe-scam/ #BreakingNews #UnsubscribeScam #EmailSecrets #SpamAlert #PopularScience #HackerNews #ngated
🎧 Podcast zum Thema „100 Jahre Quantenmechanik“
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/wellen-und-wahrscheinlichkeiten-die-quantenmechanik-wird-100.html
📘 Buchbesprechung: Helgoland – Wie die Quantentheorie unsere Welt verändert von Carlo Rovelli
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/carlo-rovelli-helgoland-wie-die-quantentheorie-unsere-welt-100.html
#Buchempfehlung #Quantenmechanik100 #CarloRovelli #Sachbuch #WissenschaftVerstehen #PhysikPodcast #Wissenschaftskommunikation #HelgolandRovelli #PhysikFürAlle
#BookRecommendation #QuantumMechanics100 #PopularScience #ScienceExplained #CarloRovelli #SciencePodcast #ScienceCommunication #QuantumPhysics
3/3
📘 Empfehlenswertes Buch dazu:
Helgoland: Wie die Quantentheorie unsere Welt verändert
https://amzn.to/4mWocSF
#Buchempfehlung #SachbuchTipp #CarloRovelli #Wissenschaftsbuch #QuantenphysikVerstehen #PhysikFürAlle #WissenschaftUndPhilosophie #HelgolandRovelli #PhysikerImBuch
#BookRecommendation #ScienceBook #CarloRovelli #PopularScience #QuantumPhysicsExplained #PhysicsForEveryone #ScienceAndPhilosophy #HelgolandBook #PhysicistAuthor
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I tried to categorise and shelf this new book today, but every time I looked at it, it changed.
(What do you mean, #FridayPhysicsPuns aren't a thing?? They are now! Except when they're not, of course)
No cats, waves, or particles were harmed in the making of this pun.
#books #livres #Science #QuantumPhysics #physics #pun #PopularScience #bookstodon
just sent a book manuscript off into the ether (random literary agents) - a popular science book on the #Oceans (surprise surprise). It was a decade or more in the making (so far). One way of taking advantage of all the sitting around that happens during expeditions. Now await the harsh reality 🤓 #popularscience #nonfiction - I took the liberty of sticking in a bunch of contextual doodles - lets see how that goes 🤓 - wish me luck 🍀
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