UNIQ Physics (on-line) Summer School 28-30 July 2020
Organisers: Sonia Contera, Steven Biller, Kathryn Boast
Lectures and lecturers
- Dimensional Analysis (2 hours): David Hosking (Merton). Lecture notes:pdf
- Special Relativity (2 hours): Prof. Steven Biller (Mansfield) -- Lecture slides: pdf
- Superconductivity (2 hours): Dr. Alexy Karenowska (Magdalen) -- Lecture 1 Lecture 2
- Astrophysics (2 hours): Prof. David Alonso (St. Peter's) Lecture notes
- Biological Physics and Complexity (1 hour): Prof Sonia Contera (Green Templeton). Lecture notes
Problem Sheet: pdf
Videos of all the lectures and talks are available here.
Timetable
David Alonso's astrophysics lectures are on Youtube and can be watched in the following links: Lecture 1 (1st part), Lecture 1 (2nd part), Lecture 2.
Reading list/videos
- On Dimensional Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gaCAFcW6OY - On Astrophysics
Introductory lecture on cosmology by Prof. Jo Dunkley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFobsse_dZk
Introductory lecture on cosmology by Prof. Kendrick Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GBokk2FwsA
Astrophysicist's twitter feed and youtube channel: https://twitter.com/drbecky_, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNbYGl89UUowy8oXkipC-Q - On Superconductivity
https://physicsworld.com/a/superconductivity-a-far-reaching-theory/
https://physicsworld.com/a/superconductivity-pairing-up-with-nanotechnology/
https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-development/applied-superconductivity-center
https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/research/quantum-materials/group-activities/outreach/online-resources/simulations-video
http://www.superconductors.org/ - On Biological Physics and Complexity
Complexity explained
Twitter thread by Prof Jessica Flack (Santa Fe Institute). What is complexity
Video: “Nano comes to life” by Prof Sonia Contera (Oxford Physics)
Further reading
(Some of it quite mathematically advanced, so have a taste, but don't worry if you find it too hard)
- On Dimensional Analysis:
P. W. Bridgman, Dimensional Analysis (there is a very cheap Amazon reprint of this classic 1920 text --- a bit dated, but still very readable)
G. I. Barenblatt, Scaling (this is quite advanced, but you could read the first couple of chapters) - On Superconductivity
S. J. Blundell, Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction - On Cosmology, Reionization and Dark Matter:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.0267.pdf
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/cmb_intro.html
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov
Pedro Ferreira, The State of the Universe: A Primer in Modern Cosmology
(Pedro is a Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford and a Fellow of Oriel College)
A. Liddle, An Introduction to Modern Cosmology (this is quite advanced)
F. Shu, The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy (this also is quite advanced) - On Special Relativity:
Prof. Andrew Steane, The Wonderful World of Relativity (exceptionally well written!)
Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (popular-level introduction)
Richard Feynman, Six Not-so-easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-time
B. Hoffmann, Relativity and Its Roots
J. H. Smith, Introduction to Special Relativity (this is quite mathematical) - On Particle Physics, LHC and Neutrinos:
Books by Frank Close (Frank is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College)
Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe - On Particle Accelerators:
Cockcroft has some free online lectures at a basic level:
https://www.cockcroft.ac.uk/introductory-lectures - On Biological Physics and Complexity:
Melanie Mitchell “Complexity: a guided tour” Oxford University Press.
Sonia Contera “Nano comes to life” Princeton University Press.
