In the next lecture of the 2010 College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC, Dr Cormac O’Raifeartaigh will give an overview of the forthcoming experiments at the LHC and their relevance to several outstanding puzzles in science – from the world of the sub-atomic to the study of the universe at large. The lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, March 3rd at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre.
Cormac O’Raifeartaigh has a PhD in physics from Trinity College Dublin and lectures in physics and mathematics at Waterford Institute of Technology. He writes regularly on science in newspapers (The Irish Times) and magazines (Physics World), and is the author of the well-known science blog ANTIMATTER. He is a former Chair of the RAW debates at Science Gallery Dublin and is currently a Science Ambassador for Discover Science and Engineering, Ireland’s national science promotion programme.
Organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, UCC, the highly popular lecture series, continues weekly until March 10th 2010.
Admission to the lecture is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend. See http://understandingscience.ucc.ie
Picture: Dr Cormac O’Raifeartaigh
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