Anyone who has ever ventured into the realms of science, religion, mysticism or philosophy will have encountered their fair share of paradoxes: apparent contradictions that highlight where our understanding is insufficient to grasp a deeper truth. That’s the case here, …

Fun with physics: the spinning disc paradox Read more »

I’ve plumbed the depths of Knovel before now but having just chatted with the lovely lady from Elsevier who teaches people like your lecturers about the latest developments in our academic information resources, I wanted to pass on news of these latest exciting new tools and features that have been added recently.

Engineering Village is like a version of the EBSCO Discovery Service designed specifically for engineers. It is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world, comprising no less than ten chemistry, engineering, and earth science databases.

Rounding out our offerings of new e-resources are these collections of new ejournals. IOP Archive collections A historic collection of 77 journals published by the Institute of Physics between 1874 – 2006. Healthcare Professionals Subscriptions to 7 new healthcare journal titles. Annals …

New e-resources for you this Spring – ejournals Read more »

Scientists at the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC have fabricated a world map on a scale of 1:1,000,000,000,000. Or, if you prefer, 1: 1 trillion. http://photonics.intec.ugent.be/publications/MediaCoverage/2009-12-17/default.htm This reminded TOTD of a discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this …

Double yolks and the world’s smallest map Read more »