PIRSA:C08016 - ISSYP 2008 Subscribe to podcast

International Summer School for Young Physicists is a national two-week summer school designed to capture the scientific imagination of grade 11 students (secondaire V in Quebec) and nurture their passion for physics through an exploration of the fascinating mysteries of our universe.

Organizer(s): Richard Epp   Julie Taylor  

Collection URL: http://pirsa.org/C08016

PIRSA:08080019  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? The Strange Quantum: What does it mean and how can we use it? Speaker(s): Robert Spekkens Abstract: Put two physicists in a room and ask them to talk about the interpretation of quantum mechanics. This is a recipe for disagreement; the mysteries of quantum theory run so deep that it’s hard to find any interpretive claims that are immune to controversy. Therefore, when thinking about quantum theo... read more Date: 15/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080019/  Share:

PIRSA:08080020  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Relativity 5 Speaker(s): Richard Epp Abstract: Date: 15/08/2008 - 2:00 pm Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080020/  Share:

PIRSA:08080021  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Relativity 6 Speaker(s): Richard Epp Abstract: Date: 15/08/2008 - 3:30 pm Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080021/  Share:

PIRSA:08080097  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Speaker(s): Jos Uffink Abstract: We will review the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, first formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, and the role they played in the famous debate between Einstein and Bohr on the meaning of quantum theory. Along the way we will focus on questions like: what do we mean by “uncertainty”,... read more Date: 16/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080097/  Share:

PIRSA:08080022  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Speaker(s): Jos Uffink Abstract: We will review the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, first formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, and the role they played in the famous debate between Einstein and Bohr on the meaning of quantum theory. Along the way we will focus on questions like: what do we mean by "uncertainty", and... read more Date: 16/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080022/  Share:

PIRSA:08080023  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Quantum 5 Speaker(s): Richard Epp Abstract: Date: 16/08/2008 - 2:30 pm Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080023/  Share:

PIRSA:08080024  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Quantum 6 Speaker(s): Richard Epp Abstract: Date: 16/08/2008 - 3:30 pm Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080024/  Share:

PIRSA:08080098  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Quantum Information & Entanglement Speaker(s): Jonathan Walgate Abstract: One simple way to think about physics is in terms of information. We gain information about physical systems by observing them, and with luck this data allows us to predict what they will do next. Quantum mechanics doesn't just change the rules about how physical objects behave - it changes the rule... read more Date: 18/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080098/  Share:

PIRSA:08080025  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? Quantum Information & Entanglement Speaker(s): Jonathan Walgate Abstract: One simple way to think about physics is in terms of information. We gain information about physical systems by observing them, and with luck this data allows us to predict what they will do next. Quantum mechanics doesn't just change the rules about how physical objects behave - it changes the rule... read more Date: 18/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080025/  Share:

PIRSA:08080026  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format? What's blowing up the Universe? Speaker(s): Mark Wyman Abstract: The reason cosmologists have a job is that the Universe as a whole -- the stuff between planets and stars and galaxies -- is, despite first appearances, a pretty interesting place. The strangest fact about it is that it's expanding, and always has been, as far as we know (and though Einstein's theor... read more Date: 19/08/2008 - 9:00 am Collection: ISSYP 2008 URL: http://pirsa.org/08080026/  Share: