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Helen Czerski

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Helen Czerski

@helenczerski

Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Author of Storm in a Teacup & Blue Machine linktr.ee/helenczerski @helenczerski.bsky.social

London, UK

Joined January 2012

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Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Feb 26, 2024
Not here any more - the fun discussions are over on Mastodon, Bluesky etc - come and join in! Mastodon: @[email protected] BlueSky:@helenczerski.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/helen_czerski/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/helen-czers… Threads: threads.net/@helen_czerski
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Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Mar 27, 2021
A friend has just shown me this book "Calculus made easy", published in 1914, and I think it's got one of the best prologues I've ever seen. This is *exactly* what textbooks should be doing. And they should all be honest about how terrifying the topic names are too.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Aug 10, 2020
I'm the daughter of a refugee. And guess what? They only came here because they were desperate. That's why the asylum system exists. And if you really only care about refugee numbers, use your energy to stop climate change. Because that's REALLY going to cause a refugee crisis.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Aug 28, 2022
So much talk about UK electricity prices (for good reason) but no mention at all that the only reason prices are so high is that we *burn* *fossil* *fuels*. This is about gas & oil. Wind & solar are cheaper & their cost hasn’t changed. We need to say this loudly & more often.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Mar 16, 2021
Genuinely curious. What exactly can you do with 260 nuclear warheads that you can’t do with 180? Particularly given the appalling consequences of using even one of them?
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Mar 27, 2021
Replying to @helenczerski
I teach calculus to first year engineering students and from now on we are always going to be on a quest for a cub.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Mar 27, 2021
Replying to @helenczerski
It's utterly brilliant.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Mar 19, 2018
I found this on the wall of a satellite electronics lab here in Toulouse today. If you’ve ever struggled to remember which is volts and which is amps, here you go!
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Apr 4, 2021
On the Cambridge physics lab, 1932: "Records show that life at the Cavendish Laboratory under Rutherford did not begin early in the day & finished strictly at 6.00 pm. Rutherford insisted that it was to preserve health & aid contemplation." Where did that version of academia go?
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Sep 17, 2021
I’m on the train to Inverness to do the Monster the Loch race. I’m happy to get the train (I won’t take domestic flights), but the cost is about x5 the flight cost. This is RIDICULOUS - flights are so much more damaging. Train costs must come down, for the sake of our climate.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Sep 22, 2021
So excited to be on a sleeper train! Wouldn’t it be great if there was more of this instead of all those short-haul flights? This climate-friendly future can hurry up and arrive sooner rather than later, please.
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Feb 28, 2019
This is a disgrace. Climate change is a massive issue, requiring national & international action, difficult decisions & real leadership. Our MPs can't even be bothered to turn up. It's complete abdication of the responsibilty that we elect & pay them for.
MPs debate climate after school strike – but only a handful turn up
From theguardian.com
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
Jul 29, 2018
This is a test tweetymail message... if you can see this, I'll be able to tweet from the Arctic :)
Helen Czerski
@helenczerski
May 2, 2021
This is a long thread that I wish I didn’t have to write. The Science Museum Group @sciencemuseum is persisting with Shell as the major sponsor of their upcoming exhibition “Our Future Planet”. theartnewspaper.com/news/science-m… independent.co.uk/independentpre… 1/n