Family History

The Bridge family lived near Smarden, Kent for several hundred years. The earliest records are wills dating from the late 15th century.

Translating Latin Wills

Some examples, with hints on how to decipher the old manuscripts.

The "Russian Table"

An heirloom with a difference: an English antique which displays 48 labelled samples of different ornamental stones, all from the Ural mountains.

Dodecahedra

An early interest in mathematical models led me into this project in 3-D geometry: to enumerate and draw the facetions of the dodecahedron.

The Way Balls Bounce

A Java simulation of the bounce of an air-filled ball.

Rings round your eyes

Looking into a misted mirror with the light behind you, you may notice rings round your eyes. Being a scientist, I wanted to know what caused them and being retired, I had time to waste...

First define "God": evolution and free will.

My take on the God v. evolution debate.

The KT event

Some old lecture notes, included by request.

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