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9 November 2024
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Saturday Morning of Theoretical Physics

Join us at the next Morning of Theoretical Physics

11 November 2024
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International Observe the Moon Night 2024

Observe the moon with our moon experts

14 November 2024
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Book launch: Quantum Mechanics and Avant-Garde Music

Author Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin will present his new book and discuss it with distinguished physicist Bob Coecke, Chief Scientist at Quantinuum.

22 November 2024
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Public talks and lectures
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Brebis Bleaney Memorial Lecture

Quantum Travellers – the Role of the Radical Pair Mechanism in Avian Magnetoreception

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