A century of Physics at Birmingham
2pm Saturday 20 November 2010
The Poynting Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
Chairman of the meeting: Dr Peter Ford.
- 2pm Dr Robert Whitworth, School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham
a selection from the Birmingham University Collection of Historic Physics Instruments, including those of Lodge, Poynting and the cavity magnetron
- 3.0 - 3.45 Refreshments followed by
visit to The Museum of School of Physics and Astronomy
- 3.45 Dr Peter Rowlands, Physics Department University of Liverpool
Chadwick, the cyclotron and the bomb
- 4.30 Dr Christoph Laucht, History Department, University of Liverpool
Sir Rudolf Peierls and the Atomic Scientists' Association
- 5.15pm AGM of the History of Physics Group
Advance Notice of the 2010 Group Annual General Meeting
This is for members only.
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Contacts: Dr Robert Whitworth
University of Birmingham
Email: r.w.whitworth@bham.ac.uk
Contact: Dr John Roche.
Linacre College, St Cross Road Oxford OX1 3JA
Tel: 01865 714539
Email: john.roche@linacre.ox.ac.uk
Please let us know by email or by post if you wish to attend
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