I came across this the other day, in a very ancient (pre-1900) copy of "Boy's Own Paper". I thought it rather splendid -- and although it is not New Year's Eve (maybe in the Chinese calendar it is?) it's a nice reminder that we should always be prepared to ditch old ideas and take on new ones. All quite relevant to my earlier posts about Occam's Razor, Karl Popper and the matter of falsification in science.....
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How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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