Helen The Hare

I should point I am only a Hare by marriage. The above picture was taken in September 2016 to celebrate out 21st wedding anniversary. We have a picture taken every year. The date above the picture relates to the first sentence under the picture. The picture replaces last year’s photograph

Rugby 2015

Nuclear Astrophysics – The Synthesis of the Chemical Elements Professor Zsolt Podolyak, University of Surrey Professor Podolyak was born in Romania and obtained his PhD in Hungary. He has worked in Italy and is now based at the University of Surrey, where among other topics teaches Nuclear Astrophysics. He is a Nuclear Physicist, with research […]

Rugby 2015

What lies beneath? Predicting the Earth with physics Dr Christina Manning, Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Manning is a Research Officer in Isotope Geochemistry in the Earth Science department at Royal Holloway, University of London. She studied Earth Sciences in the University of East Anglia, including an undergraduate dissertation on magma mixing as a […]

Semiconductors and Superconductors By Vinooja Thurairethinam 13 V Superconductors As a conductor is cooled, its electrical resistance decreases. The colder the material, the less the atoms in the conductor vibrate and thus there is less resistance to the flow of electrons through it. However, when the temperature is below the critical temperature, the resistance of […]

OPPENHEIMER

Last month I was lucky enough to see the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Oppenheimer after it had transferred from Stratford to London. It was an amazing play and Michael Grady-Hall was brilliant as Oppenheimer especially as he was the understudy to the role (John Heffernan was indisposed on the day we saw the play). […]

Astronomy masterclass 2015

Evolution of a star The next session of the day was looking at stars and their evolution The session was run by Megan Whewell, who is studying for a PhD, with a focus on black holes at the centre of galaxies, at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at the University College London (MSSL) https://msslastro.wordpress.com/2013/10/14/i-left-academia-so-why-come-back/ https://twitter.com/mwhewell15 […]

Astronomy masterclass 2015

Once again Rooks Heath year 13 physics students were lucky to take part in an astronomy masterclass at Royal Greenwich Observatory. This year we were able to share the day with students from Harrow High School and Cannons High School. http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory Sulaxan, Abbas, Nicholas and Sujeethan enjoying the view before the classes start. Abbas, Nicholas, […]

The Lives and Times of Pioneering Women in Physics

History’s lessons: Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Physics Today By Dr Heather Williams Senior Medical Physics for Nuclear Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals Chair, IoP Women in Physics Group Co-Director, ScienceGrrl hwilliams@physics.org @alrightPET Defining the problem There has been progress Women have access to higher education, further training and the senior ranks of the […]

The Lives and Times of Pioneering Women in Physics

Women in Crystallography By Dr Kate Crennell http://www.physicshistory.org.uk/women/Pioneers/index.htm Crystallography, as a subject can be thought as starting in Australia between the years 1886 and 1909. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Bragg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lawrence_Bragg Sir William Henry Bragg (above left) OM, KBE, PRS (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared […]

The Lives and Times of Pioneering Women in Physics

Daphne Jackson and Gillian Gehring, the first female physics professors in the UK By Professor Gillian Gehring The university of Sheffield G.Gehring@Sheffield.ac.uk http://www.shef.ac.uk/physics/people/ggehring http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/equality/femaleprogression/portraits/gilliangehring http://www.wes.org.uk/content/gillian-gehring http://www.bristol.ac.uk/equalityanddiversity/gillian%20gehring/ Professor Gehring is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and remains extremely active within the University and beyond. She was the first, and to date only, […]