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Women in Physics Public Lecture. What do theoretical physicists do?

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8 May 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The AIP is delighted to announce that FLEET’s Professor Susan Coppersmith FAA FAIP, a theoretical physicist at UNSW Sydney, will tour Australia this year as the AIP’s 2024 Women in Physics Lecturer. Susan with present a public lecture in Melbourne as part of her tour See details online Venue: RMIT City Campus, Building 80, Level 2, Room Read More

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