Physics Department News
Ogden Trust and Physics Department celebrate Christmas in style
The physics festivities at Warwick got off to a fantastic start with over 800 people attending the three Physics Christmas lectures.
An early XMaS present: BIS and ESPRC award £6 million to enable University of Warwick co-owned x-ray facility to continue delivering world-class science
UK government research funders have awarded £6million to XMaS, the world leading mid range x-ray facility, to continue helping scientists explore the microscopic and atomic structure of matter.
Second Christmas Lecture on How the World Will End" by Boris Gaensicke delights visitors
The Physics Christmas Lecture held on Wednesday 5th December "How the World Will End" by Boris Gaensicke was even more popular than the first! 250 local residents, school students, alumni and members of the public came and heard Boris' interactive lecture. It was very well received, with typical evaluation comments such as "thoroughly enjoyable" and "very well explained".
Below are two photos from the evening, which capture the interest and enthusiasm from our guests as well as the wonderful atmosphere that Boris created. Further photos can be found here
We are very lucky to have in our department, researchers who can communicate so well with the public, and have drawn in over 450 people to the Christmas Lecture Series so far.
The final lecture "Physics Tricks and Flying Frogs" by Rachel Edwards and Andy Howes is now fully booked.
The science of staying young
Emeritus Professor George Rowlands, who first came to Warwick in 1966, has clocked up more than six decades of research in theoretical physics - and he believes it’s the challenge of tackling complex scientific problems that has helped keep him young at heart.