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Skulls in the Stars

Personal blog · skullsinthestars.comsciencehistory

Skulls in the Stars is a personal blog at skullsinthestars.com about science and history. Since 2011, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “The Einstein Theory of Relativity, by Lillian Lieber”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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26mentions?
17HN people?
2011–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2023

The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Einstein Theory of Relativity, by Lillian Lieber
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-21
  2. Why is the polar bear white? The optics of polar bear pelts
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-14
  3. /2009/03/06/michael-faraday-grand-unified-theorist-1851/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-22

What Hacker News says?

  1. rramadass · 2026-03-15
    Faraday actually did some experiments to try and show that Electricity and Gravity were related and in 1851 published On the possible relation of Gravity to Electricity in "Philosophical Transactions" of the Royal Society! This article gives the details; Michael Faraday, grand unified theorist? (1851) - https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/03/06/michael-faraday-gran...

    Comment linking /2009/03/06/michael-faraday-grand-unified-theorist-1851/

    on “Michael Faraday: Scientist and Nonconformist (1996)”
  2. lbotos · 2014-06-08

    Submitted Chladni Patterns as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  3. kordlessagain · 2023-04-22
    That would imply there could be devices that can create thrust with electricity. Faraday ran experiments to try to test this…in the 1800s. https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/03/06/michael-faraday-gran...

    Comment linking /2009/03/06/michael-faraday-grand-unified-theorist-1851/

    on “Physicists discover that gravity can create light”
  4. vo2maxer · 2020-02-06

    Submitted Visualizing the Geometric Phase of Light as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. ColinWright · 2013-05-11

    Submitted Fizeau’s experiment: The original paper as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. _Microft · 2025-04-12

    Submitted Quinine, Dog Pee, and Optics? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. ubasu · 2011-10-10

    Submitted Faster than a speeding photon? Light is not faster than light as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. _Microft · 2023-06-29

    Submitted In 1901, Kaufmann measures relativity and doesn’t know it as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. pgtan · 2018-05-02

    Submitted François Arago: the most interesting physicist in the world (2012) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. raattgift · 2023-06-22

    Submitted The Einstein Theory of Relativity, by Lillian Lieber as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. _Microft · 2023-05-21

    Submitted Quantum jumps: The 1914 Franck-Hertz experiment as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. okket · 2019-04-11

    Submitted Crookes and the Puzzle of His Radiometer as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. kordless · 2015-03-04

    Submitted Michael Faraday, grand unified theorist? (1851) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. wallflower · 2014-12-13

    Submitted The mystery of the magnetic train as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. ColinWright · 2014-01-03

    Submitted Infinity is weird: what does it all mean? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. karzeem · 2011-06-02

    Submitted Mpemba’s baffling discovery: can hot water freeze before cold? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Kotlopou · 2026-01-11

    Submitted George Gabriel Stokes in love (1857) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. sohkamyung · 2024-05-11

    Submitted Robert Williams Wood and the mystery of anomalous dispersion as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. _Microft · 2023-12-10

    Submitted What is a zero refractive index material? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. myth_drannon · 2023-06-21

    Submitted The Einstein Theory of Relativity, by Lillian Lieber as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. raattgift · 2023-06-02

    Submitted The secret molecular life of soap bubbles (1913) (2012) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. sohkamyung · 2023-05-15

    Submitted Why is the polar bear white? The optics of polar bear pelts as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. _Microft · 2023-05-14

    Submitted Why is the polar bear white? The optics of polar bear pelts as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. seycombi · 2017-05-27

    Submitted What is quantum entanglement? Part 5: Making it happen as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. ColinWright · 2013-11-26

    Submitted Infinity is weird - what's bigger than big? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. ColinWright · 2012-10-02

    Submitted Making magnets speak: the Barkhausen effect as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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