Saturday 9th June 2018 10.30 am – 5.00 pm St Cross College, University of Oxford – Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics Since antiquity there has been a fascination with the notions of space and time with Aristotle’s philosophy remaining dominant until the advent of the heliocentric Copernican system of the Solar System marked […]

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Every year Rugby School hosts a day for physics teachers, which includes lectures and workshops. http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/support/rugby-meeting/page_70979.html 3D Printing in Education Marcin Poblocki, Research Technician at University of Liverpool 3D printing was developed by Charles Hull in 1984 https://uk.3dsystems.com/our-story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Hull Chuck Hull (Charles W. Hull; born May 12, 1939) is the co-founder, executive vice president and […]

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Every year Rugby School hosts a day for physics teachers, which includes lectures and workshops. http://www.iop.org/education/teacher/support/rugby-meeting/page_70979.html Robotic Exploration of the Solar System Prof. Emma Bunce, University of Leicester https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/people/emmabunce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Bunce On Thursday 7th of June I was lucky enough to attend this lecture. The following are my notes (and any mistakes are mine). I have […]

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Neutrons and Lollipops: What do they have in common? Dr Silvia Capelli ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Science Campus, Didcot, UK Abstract: Crystals can be found anywhere around us: from sugar and salt on our dining tables, to snowflakes and gemstones in nature, up in roofs in solar panels or in […]

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