Saturday Physics for Everyone
| Title | Saturday Physics for Everyone: Radiation, friend or foe? |
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| Speaker | Professor Kevin Pitts, Department of Physics, University of Illinois |
| Date: | 10/7/2017 |
| Time: | 10:15 a.m. |
| Location: | 141 Loomis Laboratory |
| Sponsor: | Department of Physics |
| Contact: | Toni Pitts, Coordinator of Recruiting and Special Programs, Physics Department 217-244-2948 sat_physics@physics.illinois.edu |
| Originating Calendar: | Physics - Saturday Physics for Everyone |
| Abstract: | Radiation is a word that we encounter all of the time, in terminology such as “radioactivity”, “radiation therapy”, and “microwave radiation”. In this presentation, we will discuss what radiation is and different types of radiation. We will also describe where radiation comes from, how it can be dangerous, and ways that it can be beneficial.
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