I've had a thought.
It happens. Sometimes.
A lot of our speakers assume (rightly) that we as an audience have a basic understanding of some physics principles on which their presentation is based.
There's a members evening coming up in September and if there is some interest, I could attempt to explain some basic physics.
Would anyone be interested, and if so, what topics?
String Theory!
*ducks and runs away*
no, that's fine. I'll start with, "how long is it?"
Always keen to learn something new especially if it helps to understand things, although I might have covered whatever it is on my Astronomy GCSE course.
Carole
Carole, I've not sat an Astronomy GCSE. How much physics theory is there in it?
Sounds like a great idea Ian - I would like that for sure.
Yes - a talk on 'String Theory' would interest me
*tries to shoe-horn "basic physics" and "string theory" into the same world view*
*fails*
;)
There're a whole bunch of equations that have some relevance to astronomy. Kepler's Laws might be worth a mention? Maybe Maxwell's Equations?
...talking of which, go to http://irregularwebcomic.net/1420.html and turn the annotation on. ;)