Today we're having PhysicsFest actually
held in the school. We're very excited
to have it here – we have a lot of demos
we like to show our children and now we
can show the wider community.
We're hoping families and can all come
and enjoy it. We have a lot of things
that younger children can really have a
go at. We have talks for a slightly
older audience. Everything we do
there's some sort of physics involved,
whether it's blowing bubbles or looking at
a rainbow or hearing a musical instrument.
I'm a headmaster, former physics teacher,
engineer by training – and a rock guitarist.
I want people to understand that there's
a whole other dimension to the beauty
they hear in music, and when they're
listening to rock music and hearing
screaming guitars that, actually, if you
understand the physics underneath it, it
gives you another element to add to your
enjoyment, and I think we should
encourage more people to understand that
a lot of fun goes on in physics.
I think this event is fun for everybody.
Without organisations like the IOP we wouldn't
be able to get together to actually
organise an event quite as large as this.
It has meant that we've ended up with
quite a few specialised people that have
given up their time today, and they've
organised that through the schools as
well, so that we have a lot of volunteers –
sixth-formers particularly– who're helping out.
PhysicsFest is about getting young
kids and families involved with physics
so they can see the many benefits and
for them to enjoy it.
So I'm here today to give a talk about
my career and what I've done, and what the
company's doing at the moment in terms
of building satellites and spacecraft,
and we're also building a Mars rover.
I hope that I inspire some young people
into taking physics further than they
already have and, I hope that they learn something.
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