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Overview
What you will study
This Seven Cambridge Nobel Prizes course offered by University of Cambridge will look at the lives and accomplishments of a small selection of Cambridge Nobel Laureates in the Sciences who between them gained seven Nobel Prizes: JJ Thomson; Ernest Rutherford; Paul Dirac and Edwin Schrodinger; James Chadwick; Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins; Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg; Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and William Fowler. Their interesting and often strange lives will be discussed along with what impact their work has had on mankind’s history as well as their own legacies. The course assumes no prior knowledge but an interest in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry would be useful.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- The atom revealed: J J Thomson, Ernest Rutherford and Neils Bohr
- X-rays: Arthur Holly Compton and Charles Wilson
- Paul Dirac: Quantum genius and yet the strangest man and Erwin Schrodinger, the enigma
- The atom revisited: James Chadwick, George Thomson and Max Born
- DNA: Crick, Watson and Wilkins but what about Franklin?
- Forces unravelled: Salam and Weinberg
- Stars at Cambridge: Chandrasekhar and Fowler
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Natural Sciences View 22 other Short Courses in Natural Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Our weekend courses are open to participants over the age of 18 and courses are taught at approximately first-year undergraduate level. No academic qualifications are required and most courses are suitable for students who are new to the subject. Please ensure that you complete any required reading listed in your course materials before the course starts to enable you to fully participate and get the maximum enjoyment out of your course.
- If your first language is not English, you will need to satisfy yourself that you have the required near-native command of the language to get the maximum benefit from studying with us.
Tuition Fee
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International
380 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 380 GBP for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
380 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 380 GBP for the full programme during 3 days.
Living costs for Cambridge
846 - 1465 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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