B Popular physics - The Nebra disk

[sbrothy]

TL;DR Summary

Archaeological evidence of first supernova sighting way before BCE

Popular Physics.

"Evidences of the earliest Supernova observation in the Nebra disk
R.G. Pizzone"

---- https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.07411I know this isn't exactly breaking news and I cannot comment of the quality or validity of the research, but I've found that due to the brevity of the paper and it's pedagoical execution it has a tendency to draw in an audience not normally interested in astronomy.

And with that I mean barely literate people who nevertheless enjoy the drawings and continuity of the religious awe of the event.

It may have been a little overlooked?

Regards,
Søren

[Should maybe have ben posted in the general forum. I couldn't find an archaeology or spurious forum. :). As alway,s, feel free to move. Goes without saying I know.

 

[Vanadium 50]

It may have been a little overlooked?

My reaction was "Every time someone say we don't need peer-review, someone posts a paper like this on the arXiv."

The exact same argument could be used to prove that back then the moon was transparent. You can see stars shine right through it!

 

[sbrothy]

Yeah, that's why I wrote it might fit better in a "spurious" (or perhaps even "gratitious" forum). But still, it does trigger the imagination and curiosity. Although I imagine the same could be said of some perpetuum mobile contraption.

Popular physics indeed.

[EDIT: In fact, the paper reminds me a little of Erich von Daniken :)]

 

[phinds]

Erich von Daniken

 

[sbrothy]

Heh. :) very apt.

 

[sbrothy]

I'm sure you're gonna love this one @Vanadium 50 :)

An Astronomical Interpretation of the Nebra Sky Disc

As I'm not sure you'll deign to actually read it, I'll serve up this incredibly self-secure tidbit from the paper for your amusement:

"Our ideas about the use of the Auriga line is probably correct."

Really now? Self-secure much?

Is that what you'd call "auto-peer-review"? :P