This is the Master Index for Gnomon's Guide.
The entries here are all written by me. Some of them are illustrated by me too.
| Recent Additions |
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| A87862008 | The Crow Road - a Novel by Iain Banks | . | 04-Jul-2023 |
| A4290437 | The Great Pyramid and Irrational Numbers | . | 16-Feb-2024 |
| Alphabets and Writing |
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| A533062 | Writing Systems | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A533279 | Ogham - an ancient Celtic alphabet | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A570412 | The Greek Alphabet | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1299477 | The Development of Our Alphabet | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3229436 | The Tetragrammaton | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3427904 | Hieroglyphs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3533131 | The Decipherment of Linear B | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A14170970 | The Story of Yogh | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| Archaeology |
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| A845949 | Irish Neolithic Tombs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2167922 | The Nebra Sky Disc | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4299212 | The Phaistos Disc | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87871053 | Northwest European Stone Circle Glossary | X | 19-May-2016 |
| Architecture |
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| A507872 | Leonardo's Bridge | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A519374 | The Pantheon, Rome, Italy | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A775929 | The Arklow Pyramid | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A7970547 | Greek Temples | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A21045755 | Squinches | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87846772 | Irish Round Towers | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87868110 | The Atomium, Brussels, Belgium | . | 10-Jun-2016 |
| Astronomy and Space |
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| A623026 | Green and Violet Stars | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A634547 | An Amazing A-Z of Space | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A638994 | Why the Far Side of the Moon Looks Different | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A651917 | Polaris - the North Star | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A671979 | The Lives of Stars | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1307747 | The Space Elevator | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2821600 | Sirius - the Dog-Star | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3166571 | Constellations: Tucana 'the Toucan' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A16882338 | Constellations: Mensa 'the Table Mountain' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A24398968 | Constellations: Overview | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A34612742 | Delta Cephei and the Size of the Universe | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A38815266 | Constellations: Dorado 'the Dorado fish' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A38828217 | Constellations: Lacerta 'the Lizard' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A39294813 | Constellations: Telescopium 'the Telescope' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A40163230 | Constellations: Octans 'the Octant' | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A878060 | Living on Jupiter | . | 03-Feb-2015 |
| A87847320 | Choosing a Telescope Eyepiece | . | 03-Feb-2015 |
| A87848257 | Vega - the Summer Sapphire Star | . | 11-Feb-2015 |
| A87853747 | How to Move Around in Space | . | 11-Sep-2015 |
| A87847951 | Almagest - Ptolemy's Guide to the Heavens | . | 21-Dec-2015 |
| A4289475 | The Great Telescope of Birr, Ireland | . | 09-Jun-2023 |
| Books and Authors |
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| A523621 | Diana Wynne Jones - Author | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A656723 | The Origin of Terry Pratchett's Discworld | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A811937 | The Mars / Barsoom Books of Edgar Rice Burroughs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A954669 | 'Waiting for Godot' - the play | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2454194 | The Earthsea Stories of Ursula K Le Guin | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A43307426 | Larry Niven's Ringworld - a Vast Construction in Space | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A760367 | The Aelric Books of Richard Blake | . | 03-Feb-2015 |
| A87870748 | The 'Culture' Fiction of Iain M Banks | . | 09-Jun-2016 |
| A706277 | The Non-Culture Science Fiction Novels of Iain M Banks | . | 04-Jul-2016 |
| A87876832 | 'No Man's Land' - a play by Harold Pinter | . | 26-Aug-2016 |
| A633746 | Jadis, the White Witch | . | 30-Aug-2019 |
| A1317980 | The Strange Worlds of Larry Niven | . | 30-Aug-2019 |
| Books: Tolkien |
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| A2524565 | Tolkien's Silmarillion - an Overview | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2621765 | Elrond the Half-Elven | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A767784 | Tolkien's Dwarves | . | 03-Feb-2015 |
| A87846600 | Galadriel - The Elf-Lady of Lorien | . | 04-Feb-2015 |
| A574166 | Sauron, the Dark Lord of Middle-earth | . | 25-Feb-2015 |
| A87856159 | The Nazgul, Tolkien's Black Riders | . | 30-Jul-2015 |
| A87862576 | Tolkien's Elves | . | 13-Nov-2015 |
| A87854656 | Hobbits | . | 20-Nov-2015 |
| A87862387 | Orcs | . | 25-Jan-2016 |
| A87870865 | How to Pronounce Tolkien's Elvish Languages | X | 13-Jun-2016 |
| A87873736 | Tolkien's Maps | . | 30-Jun-2016 |
| A87870702 | Lord of the Rings: Downs, Barrows and Wights | . | 26-Sep-2016 |
| A619463 | Trees in JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth | . | 13-Feb-2020 |
| Clocks and Time |
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| A447202 | Sundials | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A645022 | Calculating the date of Easter | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A653672 | The Wells Cathedral Clock | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1031806 | The Prague Astronomical Clock | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A620506 | Gnomon | X | 16-May-2016 |
| Egypt |
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| A602858 | The Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A769386 | The Pyramid of Hawara | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1913366 | Cairo, Egypt | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A22176911 | Belzoni - Tomb Raider and Archaeologist | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| Food and Drink |
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| A808030 | A Fruit for All Seasons | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A919965 | Champagne and Sparkling Wine | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A993189 | Tuna and Broccoli Bake | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A8648481 | Irish Soda Bread | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A36663023 | Basic Beef Goulash | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A80841765 | Potato and Mushroom Gratin | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A735527 | Moroccan Vegetable Tajine | . | 27-Jan-2015 |
| Games and Puzzles |
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| A1940401 | Riven - the computer game | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2187155 | Rubik's Cube | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3889092 | Portal 2 - the Computer Game | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87876463 | Pokemon Go - a Smartphone Game | . | 01-Sep-2016 |
| A4292985 | Introduction to Minecraft, the Video Game | . | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Greece |
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| A449165 | Delphi, Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A487028 | The Lion of Chaironeia | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A713242 | Santorini - Remains of a Volcanic Cataclysm | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A757163 | The Minoan Civilisation of Crete | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A758937 | Iraklion, Crete, Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A895386 | The Top 14 Sights of Athens | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1073594 | Corfu Town, Corfu, Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3803447 | A Brief History of Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3817442 | Eating Out in Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3864530 | Santorini - a Tourist Guide | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3868095 | The Peloponnese, Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A21213712 | Chalkida, Evia, Greece | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87848941 | The Ancient Olympic Games | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A581258 | Syros - A Greek Island | . | 03-Feb-2015 |
| History |
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| A30018601 | Byzantium: Romanos Diogenes and the Loss of Anatolia | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A70953636 | First Crusade 1 - Setting Out | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A70953645 | First Crusade 2 - Into Muslim Territory | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A70953654 | First Crusade 3 - Antioch | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A70953672 | First Crusade 4 - Straying from the Path | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A70953681 | First Crusade 5 - Jerusalem | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| Ireland |
|---|
| A510832 | County Wexford, Ireland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A536474 | Dublin, Ireland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1133597 | Wexford Wildfowl Reserve | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2487422 | Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87859345 | Ireland and What to Call It | . | 04-Sep-2015 |
| A87875121 | Tintern Abbey, Co Wexford | . | 02-Aug-2016 |
| Ireland Archaeology |
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| A640838 | The Neolithic Passage Tombs of Br� na B�inne | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A807464 | Pre-Celtic Ireland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A986501 | Irish High Crosses | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1124281 | The Irish National Heritage Park | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2640917 | The Archaeology and History Museum, Dublin, Ireland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87870243 | Loughcrew - an Ancient Irish Megalithic Cemetery | . | 20-May-2016 |
| A87875635 | Stone Circles of Ireland | . | 15-Feb-2019 |
| Ireland Walks |
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| A767793 | Dublin Statue Trail | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A813854 | Bray Head Cliff Walk | X | 15-Feb-2015 |
| A87860154 | Massy's Wood Walk, Dublin Mountains, Ireland | . | 21-Jul-2015 |
| A87852018 | A Walk in the Cloghoge Valley, County Wicklow, Ireland | . | 22-Jul-2015 |
| A87857257 | The Bohernabreena Reservoirs, County Dublin, Ireland | . | 27-Aug-2015 |
| A87853053 | A Canal Walk - the Corbally Naas Branch of Ireland's Grand Canal | . | 25-Oct-2015 |
| A87869542 | Howth Cliff Walk and the Bog of Frogs | . | 30-Apr-2016 |
| A87874771 | The Spinc Walk, Glendalough, Co Wicklow | . | 03-Jul-2016 |
| Language |
|---|
| A599655 | How to pronounce Italian | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A687413 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2141812 | A Guide to Icelandic pronunciation | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A12309608 | Pronouncing Ancient Greek for English Speakers | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87860253 | How to Pronounce Turkish | . | 05-Feb-2015 |
| A87864853 | The Pinyin System - How to Pronounce Mandarin Chinese | . | 15-Feb-2016 |
| Mathematics |
|---|
| A660287 | Mersenne Numbers | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A896105 | Diophantine Equations | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A972371 | Fermat Numbers | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2097632 | Perfect Numbers | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2125315 | Googol - an unimaginably large number | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2442377 | Number Systems Through the Ages | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2496873 | The Five Card Trick | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2939259 | John Horton Conway - Mathematician | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2970164 | Mathematical Knots | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2985663 | Curved Space and the Fate of the Universe | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A8878837 | The Hairy Ball Theorem | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A9654267 | Slide Rules | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A13456082 | Euclid's Elements | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A20450666 | The Helix | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A28224957 | Leonhard Euler - Mathematician | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A30918873 | Archimedes | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87757564 | William Rowan Hamilton, Mathematician | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A882498 | The Monkey and the Coconuts - a Mathematical Problem | . | 06-Feb-2015 |
| A87868589 | The Ham Sandwich and Pancake Theorems | . | 01-Mar-2016 |
| A1093600 | Napier's Bones - a 17th-Century Calculation Aid | . | 09-Nov-2021 |
| Music General |
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| A430840 | Death, Suicide and Close Shaves in the World of Classical Music | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A634556 | Introduction to Orchestral Music | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4343230 | Writing a 12-Bar Blues | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A19049358 | The BACH Theme | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| Musical Instruments |
|---|
| A430264 | Unusual Musical Instruments | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A430822 | How to Play the Tin Whistle | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A431155 | The Trumpet | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A444368 | The Recorder | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A444809 | How to Play the Recorder | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A454754 | Clarinets | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A455537 | Mandolins | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A459489 | Cellos | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A490439 | Woodwind Instruments - An Overview | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A517466 | Double Basses | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A582806 | French Horns | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A587621 | Orchestral Percussion - The Kitchen Sink Department | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A598700 | Pipe Organs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A619472 | Violas | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A626186 | Harps | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A659748 | The Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, Belgium | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A721054 | Lutes | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A738416 | Bagpipes | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A769737 | How to Play the Saxophone | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A981669 | Bodhr�ns | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1081324 | Ocarinas | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1088048 | Bouzoukis | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1149130 | Bells | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4195352 | Positioning the Bridge on a Mandolin | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| Musical Works, Composers and Performers |
|---|
| A448391 | The Music of Mahler | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A467011 | Richard Wagner | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A523090 | 'Bolero' by Maurice Ravel | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A529625 | Richard Strauss | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A568451 | Carl Nielsen - Composer | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A572438 | 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A600562 | The Enigma in Elgar's Variations | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A672798 | Peter Tchaikovsky | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A699069 | Carmina Burana - Drink, Sex and Mediaeval Monks | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A765821 | Made In Heaven - Queen's Last Album | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1022969 | 'An Alpine Symphony' by Richard Strauss | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2766170 | The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd's Iconic Album | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4104622 | Mozart's Clarinet Concerto | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87853233 | The Mass in B Minor, by JS Bach | . | 27-Jul-2015 |
| A87869759 | 'Westminster Mass', a Musical Work by Roxanna Panufnik | . | 19-Apr-2016 |
| A87869902 | Mozart's Requiem | X | 28-Apr-2016 |
| Travel |
|---|
| A782471 | The Isle of Mull, Argyll, Scotland | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1315766 | The French Pyrenees | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A34198752 | The Cable Cars of San Francisco | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87809737 | Prats de Mollo, Eastern Pyrenees, France | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87864655 | Chongqing, China | . | 11-Jan-2016 |
| A87866905 | The Man Mo Temple, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China | . | 09-Feb-2016 |
| A2801639 | Verona, Italy | . | 15-Jun-2017 |
| Turkey |
|---|
| A446230 | Top 14 Sights in Istanbul | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1019738 | Istanbul, Turkey | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87856456 | Little Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey | . | 21-Jul-2015 |
| A87859723 | Mimar Sinan, the Architect of the Ottoman Empire | . | 21-Jul-2015 |
| A87860127 | The Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey | . | 21-Jul-2015 |
| A87860352 | The Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey | . | 21-Jul-2015 |
| A993413 | The Kadikoy Crocodile, Istanbul, Turkey | . | 17-Feb-2019 |
| Wildlife and Nature |
|---|
| A472097 | Hedgehogs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A583814 | Talking with Cats | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A601688 | Gerald Durrell - Animal Collector, Conservationist and Author | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A684984 | Moorhens | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A942572 | The Nautilus - a Creature of the Deep | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1084475 | Magpies | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1101295 | Common Wrens | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2182088 | The War of the Crows | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2779662 | Octopuses | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A5825702 | Echinoderms | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87847375 | Goldfinches | . | 13-Feb-2015 |
| Miscellaneous |
|---|
| A668531 | The Christmas Star | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A676776 | Old Irish Money | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A707717 | How Power Stations Work | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A731873 | Corks | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A850114 | A Pyramid on Mars | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A904051 | Wikipedia | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A986457 | Aztl�n, Mythical Homeland of the Aztecs | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1015309 | They Discovered America | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1042273 | Gold | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1106560 | Binoculars | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A1112392 | Deus Ex Machina | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2026072 | Chicken and Egg - a rational answer | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A2681868 | Forth - the Programming Language | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3507815 | The Holy Grail | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3673307 | Mysteries of the Telephone Explained | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3742869 | Orange - the Colour | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A3922120 | Islands and How They are Made | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4078578 | Latitude | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A4549584 | Flags | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A29555148 | Chariot Racing | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A34923963 | The Ark of the Covenant | . | 26-Jan-2015 |
| A87850759 | Hong Kong Mahjong | X | 22-Jul-2015 |
