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- THE PHYSICIST IN THE EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY : A UK PERSPECTIVE Peter Williams Chancellor, University of Leicester and Chairman, NPL
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- So what is the European Knowledge Society?
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- ..building this..to accomplish this.. .to create this I used to use this..
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- Increasingly, science in the Knowledge Society is focused as much on the creation of wealth as on the quality of life and our understanding of our universe
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- .with physics, engineering and mathematics indistinguishable
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- FTSE 250 Technology Business No. Companies However in the UK, 80% of the top listed companies are not specifically technology based
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- Though physics is just as useful here.. .as here
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- Elsewhere in Europe the picture is slightly different
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- Mining Oil & Gas Finance Media/Soft Services Support Svc Pharma/bio IT HardwareEngineering Aero and where are the emerging tech stars of tomorrow? M AIM Companies With Neue Markt gone and Nouvelle Marche under new management, where will Europe find the companies of tomorrow?
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- What about the interaction between these.
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- And their effects on this.. Hurricane Katrina (courtesy of NOAA)
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- Global warming the facts Courtesy of Anthony Cohen, Open University 2006
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- Recent CO 2 data Mauna Loa
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- ..and nor have they before!
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- The solutions? The solutions all rely on new physics based industries
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- So where are the physicists of tomorrow? And can we capture their imagination?
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- At age 16, not on the radar.
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- ..and growing only slowly
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- though not on the endangered species list
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- At A level, Maths is showing a bounce
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- though Physics is flat
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- ...despite recent optimism Physics A level results finally on the increase and with good future prospects IOP 16 August 2007 After more than 20 years of steady decline in examination entrances for A level physics, numbers are now on the increase. A pattern is emerging as the number of candidates for both A and AS level examination figures has gone up.
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- as are undergraduate numbers
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- So is money becoming a factor with young people? Stimulating Physics & the IoP
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- ..and it gets better with age!
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- ..and you can bank the premium!
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- So we need to inspire the young..
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- Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time Hippocrates, 460-357BC The Future?