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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 13. 1964.
Lure For Young Students
Lure For Young Students
The lack of interest from younger students was of concern to several speakers at the annual meeting of the Mathematical and Physical Society. Only 20 members were present. Of these, 16 were honours students and four stage III students.
In an attempt to orientate activity towards younger students the meeting directed the incoming committee to investigate the formation of a junior section of the society (of particular interest to stage I and stage II students).
The new committee is headed by president Murray Boldt.
The committee was also requested to attempt to seek an address to the society by the Minister of Science. Mr. B. Talboys. or alternatively to all science societies at the university. It was asked that this be done before the end of the academic year.
Dr. Coote spoke to the meeting on aspects of atomic nuclei and solid state detectors.
He said that if a pinhead was expanded to the size of the earth, one of the atoms contained in it would be about 12 feet across and its nucleus only four thousandths of an inch in diameter. Solid state detectors were used for close investigation of the disintegration of nuclei and were a development of increasing importance.