Physics – Physics Education
Scientific paper
Jul 1998
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Physics Education, Volume 33, Issue 4, pp. 266-269 (1998).
Physics
Physics Education
Scientific paper
Peter Kalmus was born in 1933. He obtained his BSc and PhD at University College London. After a further period as a Research Associate he spent some years in America. He has been at Queen Mary and Westfield College (formerly just QMC) of the University of London since 1964, becoming Professor in 1978 and Head of Department from 1992 to 1997. He is Vice President of the Institute of Physics and also of the Royal Institution. Professor Kalmus is a well-known popularizer of physics and is active in the public understanding of science. He is a former Physics President of the British Association. He is an eminent researcher and received the Rutherford Medal and Prize for his contributions to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the carriers of the weak force. During 1998-99 he will be delivering the Institute's Schools and Colleges Lecture `Particles and the Universe', which will incorporate some of the new IOP 16-19 Physics curriculum material, in many UK locations.
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