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The members of the unit are actively involved in the Journ\u00e9es Math-Sciences, organised each year at UMONS to expose secondary-school students to recent scientific developments via stimulating conferences and labs.<\/p>\n

In this page you can find information about other popularisation activities (conferences, texts and podcasts) often organised in collaboration with MUMONS<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Texts and podcasts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Big Bang Theory<\/a><\/p>\n

Podcast by Nicolas Boulanger (in French) explaining the basics of String Theory, Sheldon’s main research topic.<\/td>\n

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Teaser of the COSMOS exhibition at SPARKOH!<\/a><\/p>\n

Several members of the unit (Nicolas Boulanger, Andrea Campoleoni, and the PhD students Guillaume Lhost, Lea Mele, and Sylvain Thom\u00e9e) contributed to the interactive COSMOS exhibition at the SPARKOH! science museum in Framerie. This exhibition offers an exploration of the solar system, galaxies, and the vastness of the Universe through installations, astronomical instruments, and video reports, all of which can be discovered in the teaser available by clicking the link above.<\/td>\n

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Alice et le Pendule : au pays des variables actions-angles<\/a><\/p>\n

Article by Nicolas Boulanger and Fabien Buisseret (in French) describing the evolution and the tools of classical mechanics by looking at the Foucault pendulum in the coll\u00e9giale Sainte-Waudru of Mons via Alice’s eyes. A journey from Lewis Carroll’s \u00ab\u00a0Alice in Wonderland\u00a0\u00bb to the principles of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics!<\/td>\n

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Conferences & debates<\/h3>\n

Events featuring or organized by members of the unit (in French):<\/p>\n