SUPA Distinguished Visitor Talk: Unusual phenomena of a usual day

Why don’t spinning tops fall over? Can water be carried in a sieve? If you are a scientist or science enthusiast you may know the answer to that, but did you know you can study properties of stress tensors on a piece of carrot?

Tomas Tyc is a world recognized expert in invisibility cloaking and perfect imaging. His lectures for specialized audience or general public are famous for their inspiring and entertaining nature complemented by a number of life demonstrations of ingenious simplicity. You’ll be surprised how much you can learn playing with humble and seemingly worthless things of your everyday experience.
Everyone is welcome!
Contact: Tomas Cizmar, t.cizmar@dundee.ac.uk