Public talk - Hunting for Antimatter : The 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics

Why is there something instead of nothing? Why are there so many different elementary particles?

Last year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics have presented theoretical insights that give us a deeper understanding of what happens far inside the tiniest building blocks of matter.

Dr Kevin Varvell will give an entertaining overview of the science behind last year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.

Dr Kevin Varvell is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics. After being fascinated by the subatomic world as an undergraduate in Perth, he obtained a DPhil in the subject in the UK and has since then been chasing the secrets of the fundamental building blocks of matter through experiments at CERN, Fermilab and KEK.

Venue: Slade Lecture Theatre, School of Physics, Camperdown campus, University of Sydney

Time: 6.30pm onwards

Date: Thursday 20th August

RSVP: 9351 3472 or outreach@physics.usyd.edu.au