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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• Opening Events
• Jan. 13, 2005 Salzburg
• Jan. 18, 2005 Graz
• Jan. 19, 2005 Vienna
• Physics Calendar 2005
• every day in the internet a Physics-related
  story
• made by Austrian students
• once a week in the newspaper (Der Standard)

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WYP2005 Events

• Long Night of Physics
• April 19, 2005 major events in Vienna, Graz,
  Salzburg, Innsbruck local events in many schools

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WYP2005 Events

• Physics enlightens the world
• Best in participation Taiwan Austria
  Dominican Republic

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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• 375 years since Kepler
• June 10-12, 2005 Graz
• Part of the annual World Heritage Festival of
  Graz
• Public exhibition dedicaded to the work of
  Johannes Kepler in Graz, including historical,
  social and cultural activities of the time

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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• 375 years since Kepler

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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• Physics Event ÖPG 2005
• September 27-29, 2005 Vienna
• Annual meeting of the Austrian Physical Society
• spiel.raum.physik
• Sept. 27 Oct. 1, 2005 Vienna
• Public presentations of physics by universities
  and schools

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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• European Science Week
• Nov. 2005 in Graz
• Festival celebrating Keplers death on Nov. 15
• Exhibition in the local Kepler museum
• Connection via webcam with the exhibition in
  Milano (Galileo Galilei) and other Kepler museums

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WYP2005 Events in Austria

• Public lecture series and workshops
• Einstein lectures in Vienna (Ketterle, Penrose,
  ..)
• All the year in many cities
• Public presentation of physics
• all the year especially in schools or public
  buildings (railway station, city centres,
  museums, )
• Reports in TV and radio

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Physics Talent Search

• Coordinated by Beverly Hartline
  (beverly.hartline_at_earthlink.net)

• 21 countries participatedAlbania, Argentina,
  Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Croatia
  (?), Cyprus, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Korea (?),
  Netherlands, Poland, Serbia Montenegro,
  Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad
  Tobago, USA

• Planned meeting in Taiwan (?) Dec. 30 Jan.
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Physics Talent Search in Austria

• 137 participants (6 from Hungary)
• Only a third send their work back Talent camp
  for the best students

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Physics as a cultural heritage A travelling
exhibition

• a number of historical stations
• each independently developed
• joint overall concept

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The stations What is covered so far what is
missing

• Ancient cosmology Romania
• The discovery of time Bulgaria, Israel, Romania
• Numbers, proportions, and the harmony of the
  spheres Austria
• Ancient Chinese Physics Korea, Japan, China
• The world view of Mesoamericans Mexico,
  Guatemala
• Ancient Indian Physics India
• The Islamic contribution to medieval physics
  Pakistan
• Traditional African physics South Africa

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The stations What is covered so far what is
missing

• The enigma of the rainbow Poland
• Of loadstone and amber
• Of sailors and scientists Portugal
• The scientific revolution of the renaissance
  Italy, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands Missing
  Newton
• From frogs legs to power plants Italy, France,
  Serbia Missing Faraday, Maxwell
• Merging space and time Italy, Slovenia, Israel
• Of particles, waves, and entangled states
  Austria, USA, Switzerland, Israel

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Physics as a cultural heritage A travelling
exhibition

• Try to get further funding from the EU
• Money for overall coordination would be necessary
  (travel expenses for meetings, overall design ,
  .)
• At least 2 years will be necessary to get all the
  stations

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Suggestions beyond 2005
Physics and Society Forum

• Austrian EU Council Presidency

• Vienna, early 2006

• Dialogue between physicists and
  decision-makers

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Suggestions beyond 2005
Working Group for the promotion of physics

• Members WYP2005 Coordinators

• Purpose sharing ideas and informations

• Internet forum

• Meeting every year, starting spring 2006