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Welcome to the official TH-cam channel for the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford. Here you will find a variety of material, ranging from formal lectures to fun staff & guests videos. Our aim is to educate and share the wonderful world of Physics to all, no matter what previous knowledge of physics you have. After all, Physics is the science of Everything!
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Trinity-Peierls, Klaus Fuchs, and how the security services caught the most dangerous spy in history
"Trinity - Rudolf Peierls, Klaus Fuchs, and how the security services caught the most dangerous spy in history"
Professor Frank Close, OBE FRS, University of Oxford
This event took place and was recorded on 1 November 2024 at the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
Professor Stephen Blundell hosted and moderated this event.
Abstract: Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Frank Close tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls (who was Professor here in Oxford from 1963 to his retirement in 1974); his intellectual son, the atomic spy Klaus Fuchs who worked with him in Birmingham and Los Alamos and continued spying post war from Harwell; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR. Frank will reveal new insights from MI5 files in the National Archives, and documents of the FBI and KGB. He has also overthrown a misconception lasting 60 years that J Edgar Hoover was central to Fuchs' exposure: the real hero was probably GCHQ.
Professor Close has written many books, and if you enjoyed this talk you may consider his book
'Trinity
The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History'
www.penguin.co.uk/books/305810/trinity-by-close-frank/9780141986449 (note the Department of Physics has no affiliation with Penguin or the selling of this book).
All copyright Department of Physics Oxford and/or Professor Frank Close. If you'd like to share ANY part of this talk, please seek written authorization from us.
Professor Frank Close, OBE FRS, University of Oxford
This event took place and was recorded on 1 November 2024 at the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
Professor Stephen Blundell hosted and moderated this event.
Abstract: Trinity was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Frank Close tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls (who was Professor here in Oxford from 1963 to his retirement in 1974); his intellectual son, the atomic spy Klaus Fuchs who worked with him in Birmingham and Los Alamos and continued spying post war from Harwell; and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR. Frank will reveal new insights from MI5 files in the National Archives, and documents of the FBI and KGB. He has also overthrown a misconception lasting 60 years that J Edgar Hoover was central to Fuchs' exposure: the real hero was probably GCHQ.
Professor Close has written many books, and if you enjoyed this talk you may consider his book
'Trinity
The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History'
www.penguin.co.uk/books/305810/trinity-by-close-frank/9780141986449 (note the Department of Physics has no affiliation with Penguin or the selling of this book).
All copyright Department of Physics Oxford and/or Professor Frank Close. If you'd like to share ANY part of this talk, please seek written authorization from us.
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there are people that are also good speakers and teachers, other people are not. No shame if you're not, but you should let somebody else give the voice and make the explanations of these topics.
physics is nothing but everything
Thanks mam 🙏
Looks nice, thanks for filming !
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It works but man this hurts to watch
For sintheta, I got 1/2 - root 1.25, would that be correct? - it is equal to the answer in the video but looks very different.
🙏 thanks you mam
Thanks for the video!! It is of great help for PAT preparation.... do continue these videos plz..
Thankyou, this will be such a valuable resource for students to have some support building their skills over the summer! And a lovely question to start with :) In the past, I've had students complain that the force on a charged particle moving in a magnetic field is not listed in the PAT syllabus, but I'm content that all the information students need to attempt this problem is included in the question. Would you like to add any further comment w.r.t. this issue?
Is the placement of height in the triangle of second part (part ii) estimated?/I couldn't understand the placement of the height for the triangle in the second value of x.
Thank you so much
Excellent explain mam
When trying to combine equation (1) and (2), you could alternatively substitute v=E/B into: eV = mv^2/2 to get: eV = m(E/B)^2/2 right, and then rearrange from there?
Yes, that's right! When it comes to rearranging and solving these equations, I demonstrated the way I find the easiest to work with. It's up to you exactly how you go about this step, so choose the method that works best for you and is the easiest for you to keep track of everything and not make any mistakes. - Helena
Thank you for providing us such valuable lessons 😍 I'm a student of BSc Physics from Indian
Will you be posting the solution to just one question for the video you upload every Tuesday? Until when will you keep posting these solution videos? What UK time of the day can I expect the upload? I'm applying for physics this October and attempted all pat papers so I can't wait!
We're mostly expecting to do one question per video, but if the questions are really short we might combine a few together. We're hoping to keep the series going until September, and then we'll probably review it and see how it's going and whether to keep making them. The videos should go live at 6pm on Tuesdays. Hope that helps! - Kathryn, Physics Access Officer
nice video
Thanks
What is inside a bkackhole?
Holy Moly SIX HOURS!!!!
Lovely!
Excellent! Thank you so much. Suggestion: Click on Show More, above, for the chronology of items - well worth exploration.
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I loved it :)
You're brilliant & lovely. Thank's for the education!
Thank you!
2:57:50 start of dark matter talk
Thank you Dr Becky- that was brilliant!
These type of news are a feast for the brain and imagination!
I'm from India, a student of bsc honours department of physics.
Thank you so much for making this video available again. I watched this live and it was such a fantastic lecture.
Is there an explanation as to why the three generations appear distinct with the exception of the neutrino which can oscillate between the three flavours? Also is there any explanation behind why there are 3 types of colour charge?
This vid is so cool. I have been trying to find for TH-cam vid similar to yours that teaches the topics in this video. 👏 👌Your vid is like the vids from this insightful health enthusiast Doctor Ethan! Dr's explanations are actually knowledgable and I actually learned a lot for midterms. He is the helpful medical student in Nottingham and he explains conditions and vaccines. I recommend you check his TH-cam out and give the Dr a like! 👉 #DrEthanNews
Dr Blundell’s talk is excellent in all respects.
Professor Kaspi’s talk is excellent. I really enjoyed the level of detail and how they narrow in on the best model.
Glad you liked it!
My love and respect to Oxford Physics.
Arecibo's demise. Very sad.
Blackwhole is very mysterious!!!
Love and respect to department of physics university of Oxford.
Nice video! Congrats! :)
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