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Dr Jonathan Shock

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Senior lecturer in mathematics and applied mathematics

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Apr 3, 2018, 6:16 PM UTC

The birds and the bees, and weekends of reading

I try and get away once a month. Not too far, mostly within a two hour drive. I find a little village which looks like it has some nice cafes and restaurants, and find a cheap airbnb. My needs are no…

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Mar 24, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

When your crystals are like plates, you get sundogs

In the last post (https://steemit.com/solarhalo/@jonshock/the-beauty-of-the-22-degree-solar-halo) we saw how a 22 degree solar halo was created from hexagonal column crystals of ice. These crystals t…

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Mar 21, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC

The beauty of the 22 degree solar halo

(taken by me back in 2008) A photon is produced in a fusion reaction at the centre of the sun a million years ago. It whizzes out, carrying momentum, and soon after it has left the fused atoms, it co…

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Mar 20, 2018, 8:43 PM UTC

Free books - who would like to find out more about effective altruism?

A couple of years back I listened to https://tim.blog/2015/11/22/will-macaskill/, a podcast by Tim Ferriss where he interviews Will Macaskill, a professor of philosophy at Oxford University. A good p…

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Mar 19, 2018, 1:07 PM UTC

Heeeerrrrre's Donnie!!

The Shining: A man wants to find the perfect place to really boost his career. He finds a huge house which he will have complete control over for a period of time. The house has a damaged past, but h…

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Dr Jonathan Shock
@jonshock Mar 18, 2018, 3:42 PM UTC

The green flash - legend and reality

Legend has it that just as the sun sets, if the conditions are perfect, then you will see a brilliant flash of green. Such phenomena have been talked about by sailors and travelers for centuries. Wit…

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Dr Jonathan Shock

The birds and the bees, and weekends of reading

When your crystals are like plates, you get sundogs

The beauty of the 22 degree solar halo

Free books - who would like to find out more about effective altruism?

Heeeerrrrre's Donnie!!

The green flash - legend and reality