A-Level ‘Physics Live’
On Monday 19th November, a mix of Year 12 and 13 students went to the University of Birmingham for a presentation by various physicists about their field of work; there was also advice from an examiner about how we should answer examination questions. The topics which were discussed were Quantum Biology, Quantum Mechanics and Particle Accelerators, to name a few. The lectures gave us insight to how vast the field of physics is and provided examples of how physics is used in the real world. One such example is the way we use physics to find out how and why the weather in the arctic is changing and, more importantly, its impact on the rest of the world. It was interesting to see how these modern-day physicists have used their line of work to try and explain what happens in nature. They showed us the advancements within the last 100 years to the extent that our basic knowledge would be considered miraculous during the 19th century.
Sharujan Kunaruban
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