At Show Physics 2008
Posted by renema on April 10, 2008
Its currently the morning of day three of the Show Physics 2008 conference, and so far it’s been a huge success. On the first day, we had a very interesting lecture by Peter Rebernik on the activities of EUSCEA, specifically on the the Wonders program. Furthermore, we had several lectures by the participating physics show groups, which are always great because we get to hear about what it is that the participants are doing.
On the second day, we had lectures with a more reflective tone, about misconceptions in physics, pseudoscience and the public perception of physics. Especially the lecture by Ursula Kessels, about the public perception of physics and the stereotypes which play a great role in this, was very interesting. In the afternoon, we went for a boat trip on the local river, on an old reconstructed Hanseatic trading barge.
