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The mesoscopic world – from plastic bags to brain disease.

by Athene Donald
The mesoscopic world – from plastic bags to brain disease.
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1494 views
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Structures looking broadly the same in the optical microscope are found in starch granules within plants, in polythene bags and in sections of diseased brain tissue. Athene Donald explores structural similarities between different assemblies of polym....

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The quandary of the quark

by Christine Davies
The quandary of the quark
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Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1362 views
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99.9% of the visible material in the universe is made of quarks and yet we know surprisingly little about them. Professor Davies describes how the properties of the quark are now being revealed, and the implications that this will have for our unders....

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Gerardus ‘t Hooft

by Gerardus t' Hooft
Gerardus ‘t Hooft
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Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1522 views
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Gerardus 't Hooft, the Netherlands shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 with Martinus J.F. Veltman, the Netherlands 'for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics'. He came from a family of intellectuals. His great....

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Martinus J.F. Veltman

by Martinus Veltman
Martinus J.F. Veltman
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Interviews | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 1550 views
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Martinus J.F. Veltman, the Netherlands shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 with Gerardus 't Hooft the Netherlands 'for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics'. Not all areas of Holland were very advanced when V....

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Black holes, Wormholes and Time Travel

by Paul Davies
Black holes, Wormholes and Time Travel
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Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 15 years ago | 6304 views
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The idea of time travel makes great science fiction, but can it really be achieved? Paul Davies, Visiting Professor of Physics at Imperial College, describes wormholes in space and other ways that might allow travel into the past or future.

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