top of page
Search

The Great Gaffe in the Sky*


Very pleased to get this article into the excellent IoP publication Physics World, covering a matter of great importance that I've touched on here before: Could any real material produce the image from the iconic Pink Floyd album cover for Dark Side of the Moon?**


Great gaffe in the sky: the erroneous physics behind The Dark Side of the Moon – Physics World



(you might need to be registered to read the whole thing - but registration is free)


*Really interesting story about the song Great Gig in the Sky here: the singing which is absolutely central to the song was initially classed as 'accompaniment' - and therefore the singer, who composed the whole tune on the spot, got no writer's royalties for several decades.

The Great Gig In the Sky: the story of Pink Floyd's gem - Auralcrave


**TLDR: the answer is no.

Recent Posts

See All

Early last year, Karen Pillion and Shane Bergin published a really interesting piece of research into the representation of women in Irish Physics textbooks and found that the situation was not good..

bottom of page