UVA Physics Department to Host National Physics Day Show on April 24

text reads: The University of Virginia Physics Department Presents the 20th Annual National Physics Day Show Fire & Ice. Thursday, April 24, 2014, 7pm. Physics building, room 203 382 McCornick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia. A family-oriented Event! Free! Open to the Public!  Come see an hour of exciting and intriguing demonstrations! For more information about this event, call 434-924-3781.  Free Public parking is available in nearby Scott Stadium lots

Physics Day poster

University of Virginia professors and undergraduates will give strange and mystifying presentations that illustrate the fascinating properties of fire and ice during the annual National Physics Day Show, hosted April 24 by the Department of Physics. The show begins at 7 p.m. in room 203 of the Physics Building, located at 382 McCormick Road.

Physicists Steve Thornton, Bob Jones, Cass Sackett, Utpal Chatterjee and Despina Louca will educate and entertain with a variety of interesting demonstrations for the general public. See water boil after it has cooled, balloons inflated with dry ice holding red hot metal – and more.

Parking is available in the Central Grounds Parking Garage on Emmett Street and, after 5 p.m., in the Scott Stadium lots.

For information about this free public event, contact Helen McLaughlin at 924-3781 or him2b@virginia.edu.

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