Curveballs and spinning physicists are two of the highlights of the CU Wizards show on "The Physics of Sports With a Spin" to be presented Saturday, April 16, on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.
Physics professors Deborah Jin and John Bohn will present their show at 9:30 a.m. in Duane Physics room G1B30. It is free and open to the public.
CU Wizards is an annual series during the school year that introduces topics in astronomy, chemistry and physics and is intended primarily for students in grades five through nine.
During the show audience members will find out what they can learn about physics from sports like baseball, gymnastics, diving and ice skating. Demonstrations will show why a curveball curves and how fast a physicist can spin.
Jin was the winner of a 2003 MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the "genius grant." In January 2004, Jin and her research group created a new form of matter called a "fermionic condensate." Physicists hope that further research with such condensates will help unlock the mysteries of high-temperature superconductivity, a phenomenon with the potential to improve energy efficiency dramatically across a broad range of applications.
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