Early Adventures in Radioactivity

Neil Dickinson


Regions:
Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex, Hertfordshire
Notice Period:
Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
Type:
Hobby
Fee:
Paid: ca. £60 plus travel depending on distance
Category:
History
Updated:
2nd September 2024

Hiroshima*, Nagasaki, Chernobyl - names that make the blood run cold, but 130 years ago radioactivity was completely unknown. My goodness, how things have moved on since then, and it all started so innocently. This illustrated talk looks at the very early history and discoveries in nuclear science and how the speaker’s parents’ bedroom dressing table held a surprise! Length of talk 45 to 50 minutes, but can be adapted to suit.

*Did you know Hiroshima translates from Japanese as “Broad Island”? It doesn’t seem to sound so chilling like that does it?

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About Neil Dickinson

My working life was spent as an industrial chemist and I have enjoyed a variety of other interests yet I’ve always been particularly fascinated by the ingenuity and brilliance of humans over history to develop resources and shape them to our own needs, be it for great good or to terrible ends, and sometimes for both, as accepted wisdom and circumstances have often changed over time. I present several illustrated talks on various topics with, when appropriate, a degree of humour attached. I always look forward to questions from my audience at the end of the talks which can reveal some fascinating further details and discussion.


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