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  Posted on September 26th, 2011

  Written by Motoko

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  analogies, ancient greeks, book, center of the universe, civilisations, copernicus, explanations, galileo, geocentric theory, great discoveries, history, interesting, japanese story, kaguya-hime, manga, Manga Guide, modern technology, naked eye, passion, perception, ptolemy, relativity, roots, space, story, teaching, telescopes, universe, vastness

  Book Review: The Manga Guide To The Universe

  The latest “The Manga Guide To..” series brings us the universe. This is the second book from the series I have reviewed and I was looking forward to how this will encompass the vastness of the universe as a topic. As always, the story unfolds in manga form while teaching the reader all the questions [...]

  

  About Motoko

  First embraced the inner geek at the age of 10 with a Commodore 64 and programming in BASIC. Avid PC gamer, Gundam Gunpla builder, manga editor and anime enthusiast. Loves Mountain Dew and Ghost in the Shell. Twitter: @Motoko_K

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  Posted on August 22nd, 2011

  Written by Motoko

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  book, history, interesting, manga, Manga Guide, Miss Uraga, story, students

  Book Review: The Manga Guide to Relativity

  “The Manga Guide To…” series has been reviewed before, but this time we hit the topic of relativit­y. This being a lazy Sunday afternoon, I had several options. Play StarCraft 2, watch anime or put my brain into gear and see how much information I can absorb. I chose the latter, and this being a [...]

  

  About Motoko

  First embraced the inner geek at the age of 10 with a Commodore 64 and programming in BASIC. Avid PC gamer, Gundam Gunpla builder, manga editor and anime enthusiast. Loves Mountain Dew and Ghost in the Shell. Twitter: @Motoko_K

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  Posted on June 28th, 2011

  Written by Sarah Lamb

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  ariadne, Automatic Lover, computer ethics, electrical engineer, future of robotics, geeks, geeky, human computer interaction, human emotion, light hearted, love story, passion, programming computers, robot, women engineers

  Book Review: Automatic Lover

  Not so long ago I got sent Automatic Lover by it’s author Ariadne Tampion. She called it a steamy love story for geeks. Now one thing I will say before I go any further, this is not a book for young children. Personally I’d give it an over 16 age limit. The story line is [...]

  

  About Sarah Lamb

  Sarah is the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners & GirlyGeekdom. She is a lover of gadgets, geeky things and sport! Find out more about her on her website.

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  Posted on March 25th, 2011

  Written by Sarah Lamb

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  female, gender, innovation, Inspiration, News, president, roc, role model, Science

  First Female President of the RSC & she’s Scottish!

  Back when I was still at university (a while ago now) I got invited to a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) black tie event in London at the National Gallery as a friend of a scientist. The event was interesting but one thing that did strike me there was that there weren’t may female scientists [...]

  

  About Sarah Lamb

  Sarah is the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners & GirlyGeekdom. She is a lover of gadgets, geeky things and sport! Find out more about her on her website.

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  Posted on March 23rd, 2011

  Written by Sarah Lamb

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  award, Big Bang, female, National Science Engineering Competition, Science, tv, uk, Young Scientist

  First Female Awarded Young Scientist of the Year

  Every year young scientists and engineers put together interesting and exciting projects in the hope that they will achieve the accolade of national scientist or engineer of the year.  Until now this has always been won by men.  To date there had never been a single female winner, but this year everything has changed!  For [...]

  

  About Sarah Lamb

  Sarah is the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners & GirlyGeekdom. She is a lover of gadgets, geeky things and sport! Find out more about her on her website.

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  Posted on March 8th, 2011

  Written by Steve Lamb

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  atmosphere, british, Engineering, mobile, phone, Science, scientists, Southampton University, space, Technology, Windows

  Brit geeks take phone to the edge of space!

  The incredible team at the University of Southampton successfully launched a Windows Phone 7 handset into the stratosphere as a testbed for a series of experiements to further atmospheric research into pollution. Friday’s launch utilised a helium filled balloon to elevate a small package to an altitude of 18237 meters/59832 feet. The package contained a [...]

  

  About Stephen Lamb

  Steve Lamb is known to be a positive disruptive force and is a geek with a passion for making the most of every day!

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  Posted on November 8th, 2010

  Written by BCS Pioneers

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  bcs, competition, Digital Revolutions, film, IT, The Chartered Institute, The Chartered Institute for IT

  BCS Digital Revolutions winners announced

  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has announced the winners of the Digital Revolutions short film competition at Sheffield Doc/Fest. ‘This chair is not me’ by Andy Taylor-Smith has won the Amateur category. ‘The Scanner’ by Edward McGown has won the Professional category. Elizabeth Sparrow, President, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT said: About BCS [...]

  

  About BCS Pioneers

  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is sharing the stories of five Information Pioneers who truly enabled the information society. Videos coming soon!

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