Plato

  • The Universe: A Timeline of Discovery

    The Universe: A Timeline of Discovery

    Aaaaand she’s back! Sorry for the delay — school had me burnt out! Consider this: humanity has existed for just a few thousand years, and for most of that time, our existence has been constrained to one little blue mote…

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  • Aristotle’s Universe

    Aristotle’s Universe

    You might have heard of Aristotle. He’s the guy who said that we are what we repeatedly do. His words are often interpreted to mean that, for instance, a person who farms is therefore a farmer — or a person…

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  • From Classical Beginnings

    From Classical Beginnings

    The universe as we know it was born out of chaos. We have a pretty good idea of the scale of our universe and how it began — as an infinitely dense point of matter that blew apart in what…

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