Showphysics 09

Session

How to make a good show

1 Apr 2009, 09:15

Auditoire Stuckelberg (Université de Genève)

15. Rino Foudation

Mr Merlijn Van Deen

01/04/2009, 09:15

In the last few years, the Rino Foundation has grown considerably. This has had a big impact in terms of organization: it is no longer possible for the board to do everything needed for the shows itself. To cope with the increasing work load, while maintaining and improving both quality and size, we have made three important changes. First of all, we have a committee system where volunteers...

16. Paradox show

Ms Nataliya Kazachkova

01/04/2009, 09:45

"Paradox show " as a way to choose gifted students and how to impove their interests in science in future. We propose the way of selection and developing the talented children by means of impressive show programme.

17. Palais de la découverte

Mr Kamil Fadel (Invited speaker)

01/04/2009, 10:15

The Palais de la découverte was founded in 1937 by the physics Nobel laureate Jean Perrin. The idea of Perrin was to create a science center where people could attend to lecture demonstrations "à la Faraday". Today, seventy years after its birth, it is still a very unique place with no equivalent in the world since all scientific topics are presented in detail to the public through...