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Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know puts the work of Stephen Hawking and others in the spotlight

In the new documentary Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know, the work of Stephen Hawking and others in trying to figure out a mystery for the age is put under the spotlight

By drorzel on September 8, 2014. The new academic year starts this week-- first day of classes is Wednesday-- and I'm dealing with the usual chaos associated with the influx of a new class of students. Who now look to me only a tiny bit older than SteelyKid and the Pip in the above picture (and if you think that sharing that extremely cute photo is part of the motivation for this post, well, you're not wrong...). This year, the madness of the new term is complicated by having been away for essentially all of August, and by the fact that I'm teaching an entirely new class this...

By drorzel on September 23, 2014. Modern media being what it is, I should get out in front of this, so: I am guilty of putting words in Einstein's mouth. I mean, go watch my TED-Ed video on particles and waves, or just look at the image up top-- that very clearly shows Einstein saying words that he probably never said. And it's my fault. Well, OK, I didn't actually put those words in his mouth-- the animator did that. What I wrote is "Einstein himself described [the photoelectric effect] as the only truly revolutionary thing he did." Which isn't really a quote, but a paraphra...

Doc Talk: The Irish famine remembered; black holes investigated; Truth or Consequences (the town, that is) examined By Peter Keough Globe Correspondent,Updated March 11, 2021, 12:44 p.m. Email to a Friend Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by streaming the Irish Film Festival, Boston (March 17-21), which features among its many fine documentaries Ruan Magan’s “ The Hunger” (available from March 18 at 3 p.m.). It may not be the most festive way to honor the holiday, but its grim, comprehensive, and ultimately inspiring look at the famine that killed a million Irish people between...