The Manchester Museum & Science Week

I really like the University’s museum here in Manchester. It is on Oxford Rd. about 2mins. walk from the Physics and Astronomy buildings. It is very nice to eat your lunch while wandering around looking at the various exhibits! From ancient Egypt to dinosaur bones to ancient money it’s all very interesting!
One nice thing I noticed today: it’s Science Week here in Manchester and in the museum there are a few people telling and showing people about magnets. I thought it was quite nice to see a small child (who couldn’t have been more than explain to one of the demonstrators what he discovered. He reckoned the North poles don’t like the South poles and they try very hard to avoid each other. He asked the demonstrator why this was … that boy might be a scientist one day me thinks …

Evan

The Seven Wonders Of The World

A private Swiss Foundation has announced the results of its competition to decide the 7 new wonders of the world. The idea was to have a more updated version of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, of which only 1 remains standing – the Pyramids of Egypt. The full list of ancient wonders is: 
1. The Egyptian Pyramids
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Asia Minor
5. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
6. The Colossus of Rhodes
7. The Pharos of Alexandria

Now a new list has been finalised and the winning sites are:

1. The Great Wall Of China

2. The Ruins Of Petra In Jordan

3. The Statue Of Christ The Redeemer In Rio de Janeiro

 

4. The Inca Ruins Of Machu Picchu In Peru

5. The Mayan City Of Chichen Itza In Mexico

6. The Collosseum In Rome

7. The Taj Mahal Mausoleum

As of now I have only visited one of these great sites (the Collosseum in 2005) but hopefully i can tick off a few more at some stage!

 :)

Evan