Posts Tagged ‘communication’
Morphogenesis: where physics meets art
Visitors to the Institute’s website and readers of IOP Journals will have noticed the colourful designs which feature online and on many journal covers. These images are created by Frederique Swist, Senior Graphic Designer at IOP Publishing, based on original physics research and journal diagrams. Now they are on show in Bristol as part of the View Art Gallery‘s [...]
New group tackles physics communication
Professor Sir William Wakeham, the University of Southampton’s Vice-Chancellor and chair of last year’s RCUK Review into the Health of UK Physics, spoke at the inaugural meeting of the Institute of Physics (IOP)’s new Communicators Group to provoke thought among physics communicators about how best to present physics to the young and the influential. Repeating [...]
Is physics the iPod or the LHC?
Professor Wakeham, chair of last year’s RCUK Review into the Health of UK Physics was talking at the IOP yesterday about the challenge of physics communication – here’s some of what he said: “There are two dramatically different perceptions of physics and thoughts on the way it should be presented to those who can ensure [...]
