Measuring the Sky II: Models, Planets and Transits
How did astronomers calculate the distance to the planets?
Measuring the Sky I: Earth, Moon, Sun
How did the ancient Greeks calculate the distance to the Sun? The first post in a series exploring the measurement of distances to various celestial objects.
Paradoxical Skies
An overview of Olbers’ paradox and our place in the cosmos.
Perspectives on Pythagoras’ Theorem
Pythagoras’ Theorem, Pythagorean triples and Dijkstra’s generalisation.
Detecting Craters on Mars
A short article adapted from my award-winning poster presentation at Pawsey.
SHPC: Complex Networks
A brief overview of some of the major graph models in the field of complex networks.
SHPC: Optimisation
A brief overview of some methods for mathematical optimisation.
SHPC: Schrödinger
We explore three methods of solving the Schrödinger equation for the purpose of estimating the energy eigenvalues.
SHPC: Numerical Methods
A discussion of numerical methods to solve ODEs (Euler, Runge-Kutta), as well as root finding with the Bisection Method.