Howard Grubb
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Exhibition recognises Irish input in major astronomical discoveries
- Science
- August 19, 2019, 18:07
Ireland’s role in major astronomical discoveries of the past century is being recognised with a travelling exhibition that arrives in Dublin this week(...)

Call for greater recognition of George Stokes’s contribution to science
- Environment
- August 13, 2019, 02:55
Ireland should do much more to recognise “the immense contribution to the world of science” made by mathematician and physicist George Gabriel Stokes (...)

How a team of Irish astronomers eclipsed their more famous rivals
- Science
- May 29, 2019, 06:00
Most Irish people today are aware that astronomy thrived in Ireland during the 19th century, thanks to the enthusiasm of a number of prominent wealthy(...)

Solar eclipse experiment which supported Einstein’s theory had Irish link
- Science
- May 29, 2019, 01:00
A total eclipse of the Sun 100 years ago today – on May 29th – provided the first evidence in favour of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. It g(...)