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Prof.
Marta Kicinska
Warsaw University
Inst. of Experimental Physics
ul. Hoza 69 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
Email: [email protected];
[email protected] |
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Events |
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- The New Year's
Eve ball for 500 physicists organized in the Warsaw University
of Technology. Activities planned for the World Year of Physics
2005 in Poland will be carried on along three directions, according
to who will be the receiver and what will be the form of action:
A. To form an opinion of intellectuals, non-physics scientists,
journalists, people of culture and media, business people - on
the significance of physics B. To popularize physics among the
general public, especially among young people C. To present physics
to physicists, scientists, teachers, technicians, and technologists.
A. Activities forming an opinion of intellectuals on the significance
of physics Interdisciplinary conferences, workshops and discussions
on relations between physics and mathematics, biology, economy,
... B. Activities popularizing physics among the general public,
especially among young people
- "National
experiment" carried on in towns and villages - "Measurement of
air pollution in Poland"; transmitted on national TV, publication
of maps with the results
- Competition
on the construction of large devices for presentation of physics
effects in macroscale
- Presentation
of the physics effects for the general public in the town squares
with the use of the winning devices.
- Competition
to take the best photograph illustrating the topic "Where is physics?"
- Competition
to prepare the best multimedia presentation describing physics
effects
- Competition
to prepare the Web side on "How does it work?"
- Physics
show in supermarkets: presentations and quizes
- TV programs:
- "Physics in telecommunication" - "Physics in medicine" - "Physics
in kitchen" - "Physics in ..."
- The World
Year of Physics 2005 as the subject of a TV series
- Appointments
with physics - visits to small villages
- Travelling
exhibitions - Bus with physics shows and the physics of toys
- Travelling
exhibition from CERN (?)
- A coin with
WYP2005 logo
- A post stamp
with WYP2005 logo
- Posters (A1
and A4)
- CD's with
physics presentations - sent to schools
- T-shirts
and cups with WYP2005 logo
- Lectures
with presentations for school children and youngsters at universities
and physics institutes
- Contests
and Olympic games in physics for school children and youngsters
- Workshops
for talented youngsters at the Universities
- Festival
of Science Warsaw Sept.16-25, 2005 Cracow Sept. 2005 Kielce Sept.
2005
- Day of Science
(Physics) Sept. 17, 2005
- Congress
of Polish Physicists, Warsaw, Sept.11-16, 2005
- Physics
conferences: - Aug. 29 - Sept. 4, 2005, Warsaw, Photon 2005 -
International Conference on the Structure and Interactions of
the Photon, including the 16th International Workshop on Photon-Photon
Collisions - Sept. 5-9, 2005, Photon Collider Workshop (International
Workshop on High Energy Photon Colliders), Kazimierz - Sept. 2005,
Mazurian Lakes School of Physics, Krzyze - May 17-21, 2005, International
Conference on Applied Optics, Warsaw
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