Dulwich College Thursday 1st November 2018 https://www.ogdentrust.com/about-us/news/a-physics-practical The Ogden Trust aims to increase the uptake of physics for all at post-16, particularly for those from under-represented groups. The Trust supports schools, projects and programmes that are committed to enhancing physics teaching and learning. Through collaborative partnerships, enrichment and enhancement activities, working with families, developing career […]

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Lecture 9: Symmetries – On physical and aesthetic argument in the development of relativity Dr Richard Staley https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/richard-staley raws1@cam.ac.uk https://www.people.hps.cam.ac.uk/index/teaching-officers/staley Research interests: The history of the physical sciences (broadly construed) from the 19th century to the present. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-staley-87b676105/?originalSubdomain=uk My notes from the lecture (if they don’t make sense then it is entirely my fault) In […]

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Lecture 8: Newton’s 1st Law – a history Paul Ranford Paul Ranford is a Chartered Accountant, although more-or-less retired from this career. He is also a tutor for the Open University in Business Studies and Personal Finance, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. About sixteen years ago he discovered a discipline called […]

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