a avid collector and reader of old science books i tweeted both professor brian cox and professor jim al khalili both physicists turned because by their own wishes into TV pundits about the similarity of their broadcasts and themes to the radio and book popular science of the early 20th century physicist sir james jeans
neither replied even through they do to other tweets what the @!
but both must sadly believe themselves TV media superheroes and educators of the psionic massses
and try to act hip and wicked and tweet to people who ask about GCSE course work or comment on the latest music
ie as on 29/02/2012 Jim al tweeting thanking people for comments about how they enjoyed his programme and Prof B plugging the dimberley lecture by sir paul nurse pallo being the cell biologist who believes that scientists should speak out on public affairs and challenge politicians who support pseudoscience - suppose he does mention cell biology occasionly if only to keep his hand
Prof B of course does tend to "go above the heel"a lot full of outraged hip/ wicked criticism about mystical drivel
i also mentioned to Prof B and Jim Al that i had read and liked their books even reviewing them both on my blog and on amazon plus added link to my poem breaker of the sky this is in praise of the universe that is unreached but realised
perhaps still reading a early 20th physicist i seem fuddy duddy to Prof B has he even read Jeans or are old science books to be treated like old wet sauropod dinosaur books
pity neither Prof B or Jim Al could give me an opinion on jean's tidal hypothesis theory
no wonder the only poetry i wrote about todays science as a university subject is "a million places of lonely science"
or as Sir james Jeans says and Prof B and Jim al should realise
"Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself"
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