The resident mage is a student of astronomy and planetary science, so I decided the tower should have its own Foucault pendulum, attached to the 7th floor ceiling and swinging freely through open spaces in each floor below.

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So, though working full-time as a planetary scientist, Mr Shoemaker taught himself astronomy, and in 1973 began a regular scan of the skies.

ECONOMIST: Gene Shoemaker