Edinburgh s Holyrood Hotel relaunched as Edinburgh Marriott Hotel Holyrood after £10 million refurbishment scotsman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scotsman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 275,000 artworks by over 50,000 artists.
Why the âiron apparatusâ of the scientific method counts for more than any single genius.
âAn Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pumpâ (1768) by Joseph Wright of Derby. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images By Christoph Irmscher Dec. 18, 2020 6:22 pm ET
Among the missed opportunities in my life, the elaborate physics kit my parents gave me for my 10th birthday reigns supreme. Intimidated by the sheer number of parts, I never performed any of the experiments, but I remember being mightily pleased with the manual that came with it, a spiral-bound paean to the rigors of scientific tinkering.
Memories of that pleasure came flooding back to me as I was reading Michael Strevensâs riveting book âThe Knowledge Machine.â A philosopher of science at New York University, Mr. Strevens doesnât hide his light under a bushel. âIn this book,â he tells us, âyou will discover how science really w