Electron Centenary Year Calendar of events At the end of 1996 and in January 1997, the Institute of Physics approached scientific organisations and universities in the UK to discuss the extent to which they were engaged in programmes to celebrate the Centenary of the Discovery of the Electron by J J Thomson in 1897. From the information received we have compiled the following Calendar of events which we will be happy to update whenever new information of Centenary related events are sent to us. Information should be sent via e-mail to ann.conway@iop.org 16 April 1997 (for 1 year) Life, The Universe and the Electron Exhibition to mark the centenary supported by the Rutherford Trust Location: Science Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD Organiser: Science Museum Target audience: General visitors Admission: £5.50 Adults (free after 16.30) and free to pre-booked educational parties in term time. £2.90 conc. Prices are subject to change. (Wheelchair access) Contact: Dr Alan Q Morton, Science Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD Tel: 0171 938 8044; Fax: 0171 938 9736; E-mail: a.morton@nmsi.ac.uk 18 April - 30 June 1997, 9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Electron 100 - CERN Exhibition Visit of CERN exhibition includes programme of events for schools Location: Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Organiser: Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Target audience: General Public Admission: Free; Wheelchair access (by arrangement, Tel: 0141 330 4221). Closed Sundays and certain Bank Holidays Contact: Dr Rebecca Crawford (as above) Tel: 0141 330 6396 24-27 June 1997 - Schools Events, 9.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. 28 June - Public Open Day, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Open Days at Daresbury Laboratory A series of Open Days at the Daresbury Laboratory with an interactive science exhibition and an opportunity to see the UK's National Electron Synchrotron. Location: CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington Organiser: CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory Target audience: 24-27 June: Schools; 28 June: General Public Admission: Free. Wheelchair Access to many parts of the laboratory but not to the synchrotron. Contact: Tony Buckley (as above) Tel: 01925 603272; Fax: 01925 603195; E-mail: a.g.buckley@dl.ac.uk 2-5 September 1997 EMAG '97 International conference in the development and application of electron microscopy from its introduction through the present to the future. Includes a special half day plenary session celebrating 100 years of the electron and 50 years of EMAG. Location: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHE Organiser: EMAG (IOP) Target audience: From research students to emeritus professors Contact: Ms Fiona Maule, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1N 4AA Tel: 0171 470 4800; Fax: 0171 470 4848; E-mail: fiona.maule@iop.org 8 September 1997, 9.30 a.m. Centenary of the Discovery of the Electron The British Association will mark e'97 with a programme of lectures celebrating the Centenary of the Discovery of the Electron with presentations by Frank Close, Isobel Falconer and Ian Mackintosh. The programme will examine the historical content of its discovery and go on to examine the tremendous changes in the modern world which resulted from it. Location: University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Organiser: Annual Festival of Science Target audience: Practising Scientists, interested public Admission: £10 per day. Wheelchair Access. Contact: Major Events Department, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 23 Savile Row, London W1X 2NB Tel: 0171 973 3500; Fax: 0171 973 3051 15-17 September 1997 International Centennial Symposium on the Electron The Symposium will include talks by distinguished scientists from around the world. The first day will be mainly historical. The second and third days will look to the future. The scope of the conference will include the atomic and electronic structure of solids, surfaces and nanostructures, electrons in biology, electron microscopy and diffraction, and electron holography. Location: Churchill College, Cambridge Organiser: University of Cambridge & Japan Science & Technology Corporation Target audience: From research students to emeritus professors. Admission: It is hoped to provide partial support for young scientists. Wheelchair Access. Contact: Professor Colin Humphreys, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ Tel: 01223 334457; Fax: 01223 334437; E-mail: cjh1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk 7 October 1997, 5.30 p.m. Inaugural Public Lecture by Professor M A Howson, including a discourse on the discovery of the Electron Location: University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Organiser: Department of Physics, University of Leeds Target audience: Public Lecture for non-physics audience Admission: Free Contact: Professor D Greig, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds (as above) Tel: 0113 2333862; Fax: 0113 2333900; E-mail: chairman@phys-irc.novell.leeds.ac.uk 10 December 1997, 2.15 p.m. The Taming of the Electron (From the Cat's Whisker to the World Wide Web) A popular science lecture aimed at sixth form science students (and non-physicists). The lecture will describe how materials physics and engineering have during the last century, allowed us to exploit the properties of the electron for a myriad of functions. This lecture shows how our understanding of the electron has underpinned the revolution in information science. Location: Room C16, Reynold Building, UMIST, Manchester Organiser: UMIST Target audience: Sixth form students and non-physicists Admission: Free. Wheelchair Access. Contact: Professor B Hamilton, Department of Physics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60  1QD Tel: 0161 200 3180; Fax: 0161 200 3941; E-mail: hamilton@umist.ac.uk Calendar of events | Online exhibition | Special issues Copyright © IOP Publishing Ltd. 1997. All rights reserved.