It’s a family tradition — the University of Ottawa’s annual Holiday Science Lectures. Faculty and staff generously give up some of their holidays to entertain and educate families with presentations geared to making science fun. This year’s line-up (free to all, with free parking on campus) includes two English and two French lectures. Here are the details for the English presentations. (See www.gazette.uOttawa.ca for French presentations).
December 27, 2007
Black holes: From Star Trek to reality
Chris Willott, Department of Physics
1:30 p.m., Marion Auditorium (140 Louis Pasteur)
Black holes have been popular in sci-fi stories and shows for a long time, but do they really exist? In this multimedia presentation, Professor Willott will explain what a black hole is, what it would be like to travel to one and where in the universe they can be found.
December 28, 2007
Playing with fire - Engineering combustion
William Hallett, Department of Mechanical Engineering
10 a.m., Room H0104, SITE (800 King Edward)
What happens when things burn? How do explosions occur? Watch demonstrations of combustion processes and learn how combustion can be fun from an engineering perspective.
For more information,
Carine Stewart, Faculty of Engineering
Tel: 613-562-5800, ext. 6096
Cell: 613-851-0386
cstewart@uOttawa.ca
Yvon Legault, Faculty of Science
Tel: 613-562-5800, ext. 6056
ylegault@science.uottawa.ca
