The Cloud Chamber – Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

The cloud chamber is an incredible piece of equipment that allows us to visualise ionising radiation.
Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion/to-the-centre-of-the-sun?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Frank Close gave the 1993 lectures “The Cosmic Onion” tracing a hundred years of discovery and invention.

In his second lecture, Frank Close looks at how atomic nuclei form, behave and change.

Watch the full series: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onion?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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