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Explosive Science!

Explosive Science!
Ages: 7 upwards

Thursday 5 July 2012 11am schools lecture
Thursday 5 July 2012 3pm schools lecture
Thursday 5 July 2012 7pm public lecture
Saturday 7 July 2012 3pm public lecture

Join Professor Chris Bishop, presenter of the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, for a spectacular family talk packed with explosive demonstrations. Discover the difference between a low explosive and a high explosive, and see how are explosives used to save lives. This is your chance to witness a detonation shockwave travelling at a speed of over two thousand metres per second.

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WARNING LOUD BANGS!

Previous Lectures
Watch the recorded lectures by clicking the links below.

Chemical Curiosities   The Science of Fireworks!
     

Chemical Curiosities

 

The Science of Fireworks!

Christopher M. Bishop

Prof Christopher M. Bishop
FREng, FRSE
Distinguished Scientist
Microsoft Research Ltd
21 Station Road
Cambridge CB1 2FB, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1223 479937
Sarah Nightingale (Assistant)
Fax: +44 (0)1223 479 999

 

  Christopher M. Bishop