Dr. Suzie Sheehy will be speaking on Sunday 9th October on the Universe Stage.
From the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German laboratory, to the scientists trying to prove Einstein wrong (and inadvertently proving him right), to the race to split open the atom, physicists have shaped innumerable aspects of how we live today.
In this talk, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy will uncover how our curiosity-driven determination to understand the microscopic brought about a revolution in physics, and show how experiments – not just theory – let us delve into the real world. This talk will bring physics down to Earth and put it firmly back where it belongs, in the hands of the people.
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