Showing posts with label spot the difference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spot the difference. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

People named *lton

 It's been a while since I've been moved to post a nuclear physics spot-the-difference, but how could I not when I have never seen Rocket Man Elton John and Knockout Man Wilton Catford in the same room together, despite both people having spent most of their lives at music venues?  Are they, in fact, the same person?

Catford
John

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Nuclear Spot The Difference #10

 I wonder if readers have noticed the similarity between footballer & sex-symbol George Best and nuclear wunderkind and Nature-botherer Liam Gaffney?

Best Gaffney







Thursday, 14 February 2019

Nuclear Spot The Difference #6 revisited

Regular readers of this blog will no doubt remember a previous spot-the-difference in which the understandable confusion between Art Malik and Jim Al-Khalili was explored.  With the recent acquisition of a beard, it has been claimed that nuclear physicist Jim now looks like comedian Alexei Sayle.  I present the following pictures to allow the reader to judge

     
Sayle
Al-Khalili

Here is Jim from his pre-nuclear days, singing "Ullo John, got a new motor?"


Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Machiavellian spot-the-difference

This is somewhat off-topic, but I wonder if readers have ever noticed the similarity in appearance between Florentine politico Machiavelli, whose most famous work advocated acting immorally if it achieves the desired political ends, and contemporary politician Jeremy Hunt, who has governmental responsibility for looking after the NHS?

MachiavelliHunt

Friday, 17 June 2016

Nuclear Spot-the-difference #8

I wonder if readers have previously noticed the similarity in appearance between Ayatollah Ali Khameni, and emeritus nuclear physics professor Bill Gelletly of the University of Surrey?

Khameni
Gelletly

Thursday, 9 June 2016

Nuclear Physics Spot-The-Difference #7

I wonder if readers have previously noticed the similarity in appearance between composer John Adams, and nuclear physics professor Phil Woods of the University of Edinburgh?



Adams
Woods

Friday, 8 April 2016

Spot The Difference #6

I wonder if readers have ever noticed the similarity between University of Surrey physicist Jim Al-Khalili and Holby City physician Art Malik?

     
Al-Khalili
Malik

Sunday, 26 July 2015

ils ne regrettent rien

I wonder if regular readers of this blog (Hi Kelly, Arron), have ever noticed the similarity (as pointed out by Arnau Rios) between Prof Wilton Catford of the University of Surrey and Aristide Bruant, the erstwhile French cabaret singer and nightclub owner, famed for his portrayal by Toulouse-Lautrec

Bruant
Catford

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Two margarines

I wonder if readers of this blog (hi Mum) have previously noticed the similarity in appearance between Professor Vadim Soloviev, erstwhile physicist from Dubna, and John Shuttleworth, Sheffield's most famous son?

Shuttleworth
Soloviev

Tuesday, 14 July 2015

A pairing of physicists

I wonder if readers have previously noticed the similarity between Nikolay Bogolyubov, lately of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, and Chris Hooley, extant physicist at St Andrews?


Bogolyubov
Hooley

Friday, 16 March 2012

An off-topic spot the difference

I wonder if readers have noticed the remarkable similarity in appearance between still-Archbishop Rowan Williams, and the priest sprite from popular 1980s home computer game Jet Set Willy?

     
Jet-Set Sprite
Re(s)igning Archbishop

Monday, 3 October 2011

Spot the difference

With due deference to Private Eye, and Peter Coles's Astronomy Look-a-likes, I must say that I have been struck (as pointed out by Kate Lancaster), by the similarity between neutron discoverer James Chadwick, and Old Vic artistic Director Kevin Spacey:




Spacey


Chadwick