In 2005 the European particle physics masterclasses attracted 3000 students from 18 European countries to visit one of 58 universities and education centres. The participants worked with data from real high energy particle collisions, learned about particle physics, and experienced research and education environments at European universities. In…

Addresses the question of the social responsibility of physicists, particularly with regard to their quest for knowledge which may endanger other people. (SL)

Discusses the importance of climatology and world centers where climatologic research is conducted. (MLH)

Describes a course based on the scientific approach to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Explores the biological and technological aspects of the search and the social implications of possible contact. (Author/CCM)

Discusses the history of electron theory from 1897 to 1987. Includes the works of some physicists, such as Thomson, Lorentz, De Broglie, Bohr, Pauli, Dirac, Feynman, Wheeler, Weinberg, and Salam. (YP)

Discusses the nature of physics by examining what physicists do in relation to what mathematicians, chemists, and biologists do. Also discusses the future of physics and physics education, focusing on four frontiers waiting for a breakthrough. These include high energy, many degrees of freedom, life, and zero-time frontiers. (JN)

Discussed is the physicists' impact on the revolution in the earth sciences particularly involving the overthrow of the fixist notions in geology. Topics discussed include the mobile earth, the route to plate tectonics, radiometric dating, the earth's magnetic field, ocean floor spreading plate boundaries, infiltration of physics into geology and…

Describes experimental procedures to produce magnetic fields with a thermocouple. Provides diagrams showing the apparatus, tables of experiment data, and background information on the theory. (YP)

Describes a physics course where students visit industrial and government scientific research laboratories. The aim is to familiarize the students with research tools available, and to make them understand the potentials, limitations, the functioning principles, and the design features of the instruments. (GA)

Reviewed is a brief history of electronics technology, from the early beginnings of vacuum devices to development of solid state devices, silicon fabrication in the use of transistors, and integrated circuits. Educational needs at the university or polytechnic level are discussed. (CS)

Describes an experiment which uses a radioactive source, a Sodium Iodide detector, and a simple counting apparatus possessed by most universities and colleges. The decay scheme and the theory of nuclear beta decay are presented. (Author/SA)

Discusses Barkla's part in the controversy around the J-phenomenon, and the different factors that contributed to the refutation of the phenomenon. (GA)

A research astronomer outlines a typical day's work, describes the conventional route to become a research scientist, and discusses the kind of research done and some areas of expertise needed to accomplish the research (reading skills, computing, photography, electronics, cyrogenics, literary skills, verbal skills, and detective skills) among…

Presents two methods used to measure the refractive indices and double-refraction of fibers. Experiments are described, with one involving the use of Pluta microscope in the double-beam interference technique, the other employing the multiple-beam technique. Immersion liquids are discussed that can be used in the experiments. (TW)

Summarizes the history of underwater acoustics and describes related research studies and teaching activities at the University of Birmingham (England). Also includes research studies on transducer design and mathematical techniques. (SK)