Jim Baggott
@jimbaggott.bsky.social
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Science writer based in Cape Town. Author of 'Discordance', 'Atomic', ‘The Quantum Story’, ‘Quantum Drama’ (with John Heilbron), and lots more. Migrant from symbol-formerly-known-as-Twitter. Also on Substack: jimbaggott.substack.com. www.jimbaggott.com.
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"Baggott’s book is a masterpiece that combines depth with clarity and comprehensiveness with readability,” says renowned historian of physics Helge Kragh in his review of my new book ‘Discordance’. 😳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why we still don’t understand the Universe — even after a century of dispute
Despite huge breakthroughs, astronomers still can’t agree on what the cosmos is made of, much less how it came to be. A fresh account delves into the reasons.
www.nature.com
"Baggott’s book is a masterpiece that combines depth with clarity and comprehensiveness with readability,” says renowned historian of physics Helge Kragh in his review of my new book ‘Discordance’. 😳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why we still don’t understand the Universe — even after a century of dispute
Despite huge breakthroughs, astronomers still can’t agree on what the cosmos is made of, much less how it came to be. A fresh account delves into the reasons.
www.nature.com
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VAR!
In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star.
Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Image: Carnegie Observatories
In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star.
Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Image: Carnegie Observatories
