Trevox

20/09/2025

2 days till the Autumn Equinox.

20/09/2025

Autumnal Equinox 2025 - 22 September 18:20 GMT

14/09/2025

Facebook's just reminded me that I said "Yep" to a comment nearly 8 years ago. Well, I haven't changed my mind.

07/09/2025

What is this "top fan badge" scam/annoyance?

17/08/2025

Catch up on ALL my playlists at www.trevox.uk.

10/08/2025

Music old and new, and sometimes a surprise or two! Catch up on all my playlists at www.trevox.uk. Folk At Five is my daily 5pm show on Argyll FM (106.5, 107.1 & 107.7 in Argyll, worldwide on argyllfm.com/argyll-fm-player). Teatime With Trevox is at 6pm on Fridays.

02/08/2025

Sometimes I question what Facebook's "Most relevant" actually means.

25/06/2025

Einstein & Grossman. Hadn't heard of this before today.

When Albert Einstein was a young physics student in Zurich, he skipped many of his advanced math classes. He thought they were unnecessary—just theory without real-world use.

But one person did attend: Marcel Grossmann, Einstein’s classmate and lifelong friend. Grossmann took excellent notes, and when exam time came, he lent them to Einstein. It was enough to get by.

Years later, when Einstein was developing what would become the general theory of relativity, he ran into a wall. The physics he envisioned was revolutionary—it curved time and space. But the math required to describe it? He didn’t have it.

So he turned to the same friend who had helped him years before.

Grossmann, now a professor of mathematics, introduced Einstein to tensor calculus and Riemannian geometry—tools Einstein would use to reshape the laws of the universe. He even co-authored an early paper with Einstein on the mathematical foundations.

Einstein later admitted skipping those classes had been a mistake. But thanks to Grossmann, he had a second chance. And thanks to their collaboration, the world gained one of its most profound scientific theories.

Behind every genius, there’s often someone quietly supporting them—with notes, with patience, and with brilliance of their own.


~Old Photo Club

25/06/2025

Folk At Five is my daily radio show on Argyll FM, online at www.argyllfm.com and on-air on 106.5, 107.1 and 107.7. Playlists are published at www.trevox.uk.

28/05/2025

SO glad to see Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the news today. She really did start the rock & roll phenomenon.

29/04/2025

Today's Folk At Five playlist. More at www.trevox.uk .

28/04/2025

Six days a week, Folk At Five showcases great music! Here's last Saturday's playlist. Many more at www.trevox.uk.