PUBLIC LECTURE, ALL WELCOME
Friday 23rd November 18:30, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre
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THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER AND THE HIGGS BOSON: BEHIND THE HEADLINES
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Dr Adam Davison (High Energy Physics, UCL)
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The discovery of a new boson at the CERN Large Hadron Collider this year has put physics on the front page. This lecture will take you on a tour of the science behind the headlines: from the construction of the LHC itself, to what it's like to work at CERN and the latest results in the search for the Higgs Boson.
Dr Adam Davison (UCL) studied at University College London for his undergraduate degree
and decided to stay on at UCL for his PhD. Although he currently works
at CERN in Switzerland he still tries to spend time back in the UK. He is a member of the ATLAS experiment in search of the Higgs Boson.
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PUBLIC LECTURE/PANEL DISCUSSION
ALL WELCOME
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Saturday 24th November 18:30, Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre
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THE MAYAN CALENDAR AND THE APOCALYPSE:
IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT?
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Panellists:
Prof Elizabeth Graham, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Dr Gabrielle Walker, author, broadcaster and climate scientist
Martin Redfern, BBC producer, author and geologyst
Dr Francisco Diego, Dept Physics and Astronomy, UCL
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This year has seen dire predictions that there will be an apocalypse before Christmas, largely because that is when a major cycle in the Maya Calendar comes to an abrupt end. Did the Maya know something that we don’t? This panel will discuss the implications of the Maya Calendar and the various ways the world could be on the brink, from cosmic cataclysm to internal ructions from the Earth itself. How likely is it that the world will end in December? Now is the time to find out.
