Dr Kit Chapman
@kitchapman.bsky.social
Globetrotting science historian and adventurer at Falmouth Uni. Books include Superheavy, Racing Green.
No, that ship isn’t levitating!!! The position on the horizon and the location of the clouds are creating an optical illusion that makes it look like the ship is flying 30m above the sea!
November 28, 2023 at 11:25 AM
No, that ship isn’t levitating!!! The position on the horizon and the location of the clouds are creating an optical illusion that makes it look like the ship is flying 30m above the sea!
When you’re just walking your beetle and a random dude starts hitting on you in the street.
November 19, 2023 at 8:45 AM
When you’re just walking your beetle and a random dude starts hitting on you in the street.
The view from Falmouth Uni has to be one of the best campus views…
November 7, 2023 at 3:44 PM
The view from Falmouth Uni has to be one of the best campus views…
I enjoyed my trip around the world.
The trip:
The trip:
November 5, 2023 at 10:43 AM
I enjoyed my trip around the world.
The trip:
The trip:
Country no. 86 for me, 4 on this £500 journey around the world: Sri Lanka!
October 27, 2023 at 6:51 AM
Country no. 86 for me, 4 on this £500 journey around the world: Sri Lanka!
Annnnnnnd country 85: Oman!
October 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Annnnnnnd country 85: Oman!
A big shout-out to my student Joe, who asked me to go to a small island to interview people… that was uninhabited. And had no phone signal. And meant a 2 mile walk back in 40 degree heat.
October 26, 2023 at 7:39 AM
A big shout-out to my student Joe, who asked me to go to a small island to interview people… that was uninhabited. And had no phone signal. And meant a 2 mile walk back in 40 degree heat.
Good morning from… Country 84, Saudi Arabia! Arrived into Dammam last night, and currently having a traditional breakfast as students requested.
October 26, 2023 at 5:21 AM
Good morning from… Country 84, Saudi Arabia! Arrived into Dammam last night, and currently having a traditional breakfast as students requested.
First leg is supposed to be a 3 hour layover in Budapest before the true destination.
But we have been stuck on Luton’s tarmac for 45 minutes so far and no sign we are going anywhere…
But we have been stuck on Luton’s tarmac for 45 minutes so far and no sign we are going anywhere…
October 25, 2023 at 8:01 AM
First leg is supposed to be a 3 hour layover in Budapest before the true destination.
But we have been stuck on Luton’s tarmac for 45 minutes so far and no sign we are going anywhere…
But we have been stuck on Luton’s tarmac for 45 minutes so far and no sign we are going anywhere…
Leg two: London (Luton) to… ?
This is where the adventure begins.
This is where the adventure begins.
October 25, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Leg two: London (Luton) to… ?
This is where the adventure begins.
This is where the adventure begins.
Showing my students you can go around the world for only £500 in a week. My students have set me journalism assignments at every stop. First leg - Cornwall to London.
October 24, 2023 at 5:26 AM
Showing my students you can go around the world for only £500 in a week. My students have set me journalism assignments at every stop. First leg - Cornwall to London.
Just had a good chat with my friend Yuri Oganessian - the only living person to have an element named after him.
Story will be coming to Chemistry World soon…
Story will be coming to Chemistry World soon…
October 7, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Just had a good chat with my friend Yuri Oganessian - the only living person to have an element named after him.
Story will be coming to Chemistry World soon…
Story will be coming to Chemistry World soon…
A little spellbook/alchemy guide from the 16th century: a copy of “Isabella Cortese”’s secrets. (Almost certainly written by a man; there was no Isabella Cortese and Cortese is an anagram of ‘secreto’…)
October 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM
A little spellbook/alchemy guide from the 16th century: a copy of “Isabella Cortese”’s secrets. (Almost certainly written by a man; there was no Isabella Cortese and Cortese is an anagram of ‘secreto’…)
Little bit of Robert Boyle to start the day.
August 18, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Little bit of Robert Boyle to start the day.