martinbalsam

what a coincidence, edu-Youtuber Brady Haran just uploaded three videos about the Vatican Observatory, a long interview with brother Guy and the their collection of space rocks:

The Pope's Space Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OI4wb2XIZc

The Pope's Telescopes - Deep Sky Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccoGKAL6Qas

The Pope's Astronomer - Sixty Symbols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY

Oh, Robert Langlands!

I worked on a short film about him, for the Abel Prize ceremony, last March.

http://www.abelprize.no/artikkel/vis.html?tid=73176

I would say that the Arri Alexa SXT is a better camera than most of the cameras listed there.

Apparently Stephen Wolfram and his son were involved in the making of Arrival http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/11/quick-how-might-the-a...

(Finally something I can contribute to, on HN)

My father plays in a baroque orchestra (the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra), and I know that when they play a repertory, e.g. Dieterich Buxtehude, the orchestra tunes to 465 meantone.

And Al Gore