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The idea that populations can be compared using a single measure of intelligence is dead. The IQ test is about as scientifically rigorous and reliable as the zodiac.
Roger Highfield
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The idea that populations can be compared using a single measure of intelligence is dead. The IQ test is about as scientifically rigorous and reliable as the zodiac.
Roger Highfield
The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey by Roger Highfield
Synopsis:
CAN REINDEER FLY?
WHY IS SANTA CLAUS FAT?
COULD SCIENTISTS CLONE THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE?
WAS THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM REALLY A COMET?
WHY IS RUDOLPH’S NOSE RED?
HOW DOES SANTA MANAGE TO DELIVER PRESENTS TO AN ESTIMATED 842 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN A SINGLE NIGHT? WHAT COULD WE…
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Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas
Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas
By Roger Highfield
Synopsis: A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals and icons of Christmas. How does snow form? Why are we always depressed after Christmas? How does Santa manage to deliver all those presents in one night? (He has, in fact, little over two ten-thousandths of a second to get between each of the 842 million households he must visit.) This book contains information on how…
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a non commercial Xmas message - my traditional re-post
a non commercial Xmas message – my traditional re-post
There is also a rival theory of the origins of Santa’s paraphernalia – hid red and white colour scheme, those flying reindeer, and so on – which is more fun, less commercial, more scientific and somehow more appealing ( possibly because it is politically incorrect). Patrick Harding of Sheffield University argues that the traditional image of Santa and his flying reindeer owes a great deal to what…
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My experience of writing this book undermines the idea that the materialist insights of science destroy our capacity to wonder, leaving the world a more boring and predictable place. For me, the reverse is true. I can still remember the day when as a child, I first became convinced that Santa did not exist. Now, by refracting the Santa myth through the prism of science, he seems more real than ever.
Roger Highfield