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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Lord Rayleigh - Prof E.A.Davis
DTSTART:20161115T181500Z
DTEND:20161115T191500Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Carlotti
DESCRIPTION:The Third Baron Rayleigh was an undergraduate at Trinity Colle
 ge\, graduating in 1865 as Senior Wrangler and Smith’s Prizeman in Mathe
 matics.  Later he returned to Cambridge as Cavendish Professor of Experime
 ntal Physics\, following James Clerk Maxwell in that position.  His name i
 s associated with the Rayleigh-Jeans law\, Rayleigh scattering\, Rayleigh 
 waves\, the Rayleigh disc\, and the Rayleigh criterion - to mention just a
  few of his achievements.  In addition\, he was awarded the Nobel Prize fo
 r his discovery of the gas argon.  The laboratories used by Lord Rayleigh 
 are still extant at the family seat in Terling\, Essex\, and provide a won
 derful and unique insight into the life and work of this great Victorian s
 cientist.  The knowledge he gave to the world is still at work today in ac
 oustics\, in the design of optical instruments and antennae\, in the use o
 f surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices\, in seismology\, and in studies of 
 convection in fluids\, atmospheric turbulence\, ink-jet technology and sol
 itary waves.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre
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