PHYSICS CONCEPT SOCIETY

This year in Physics Concepts Society, we covered a variety of new topics and encouraged as many people to present as possible. One of our goals this year was to make the society more inclusive towards lower years, and we achieved this by having presentations on more basic topics such as Newtonian Mechanics and radiation, which helped the lower years get an idea of what higher-level physics is like. We also covered more sophisticated topics targeted at the Sixth Form such as Quantum Computers, Special Relativity and Differential equations in physics.

One of the more memorable presentations was the presentation on Quantum Cryptography, where we discussed methods in which we could encode messages using the principle of superposition. It was an interesting and different topic, and it was great fun to get a vague idea as to how it works. Another fascinating presentation was one about Quantum Physics in Chemistry. It was great to learn about how physics influences the shape of atoms and how all of this can be described with just a few mathematical equations (albeit extremely complicated equations)!

All the topics covered this year were extremely intriguing and every Wednesday lunchtime was made enjoyable because of it. I would like to thank everyone who presented this year, and I am certain that A Volkovoy will take good care of the society next year.