For those interested in following recent academic attention afforded to Quiddich may we recommend, Quidditch : Impacting and Benefiting Participants in a Non-Fictional Manner (in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues December 7, 2014) by professor Adam Cohen (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA) and professor Jon Welty Peachey (University of Illinois, Champaign, USA). “This […]
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Richard Feynman and the word “muggles”
The word “muggles”, so prominently used in the Harry Potter novels, may have danced through the speech of physicist Richard Feynman. Investigator David Kessler writes: In this youtube video [below], Feynman is discussing how scientists develop and test theories. At 05:10 he says this: “I must also point out to you that you cannot prove a ‘vague’ […]
Professor Snape Conjures Conjugates
Two truths: Professor Snape is a character in Harry Potter novels. Professor Snape conjures conjugate vaccines. These are not the same Professor Snape. The second is likely sick unto death of hearing about the first. The first likely could not care less about the second. The second Professor Snape is Matthew Snape, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPCH, a […]
Daniel Radcliffe sings Tom Lehrer
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter, sang Tom Lehrer‘s classic song “The Elements” on the Graham Norton show: (Thanks to Ig Nobel Prize winner—for creating the periodic table table— Theo Gray for bringing this to our attention.)