From Star Trek to medical imaging

What good has physics ever done for anybody?

Is physics research just an expensive pursuit of the academic mind, or can it really lead to practical benefits?

In this talk Prof. Penny Gowland discusses the advances in physics which allow us to see inside our bodies. She should know. She works in the Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, named after the inventor of this revolutionary scanning method.

This is part of the Science Sessions Series.

The talk will take place at 18:00 to 19:00 on 5 July at

Room X2, Chemistry Building,
University of Nottingham
NG7 2RD

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