On the Track of Modern Physics

Grzegorz Karwasz1,2), Damian Pliszka2), Tomasz Wróblewski2), Eryk Rajch2)

1)Faculty of Engineering, Trento University, ITALY
2)Institute of Physics, Pomeranian Pedagogical Academy, 76-200 Słupsk, ul. Arciszewskiego 22b, POLAND
karwasz@science.unitn.it

Difficulty in public awareness of Physics results from a kind of selfish of scientists. Physics, in the widely spread opinion is the most difficult (and dull) school subject. The ex-pupils, becoming politicians, keep this idea, and if they allocate money to the research, they do it without real understanding the needs.

Scientists, on their side, insist on 43 dimension of Universe [1], most of them hidden, but all absolutely indispensable. Solely L. Lederman in his "God's particle" states clearly, after having regretted the political decision in the USA to stop the Super-collider - "In this way, we will never know how God's particle is made". But then he admits honestly: "If only one exists…"

Therefore, the urgent need is to move from the "heaven level" of knowledge, showing that Physics is not only a fairy- tale about anti-Universes but has many every-day use applications. The virtual exhibition "On the track of Modern Physics" [2] is the spin-off of the real event at XXXVIII Congress of Physics in Poland in 2003. We show unexpected applications, like photo acoustics in agriculture ("How are you, miss Orchidea?) [3], we discuss possible new discoveries but also insist on the human part of science - errors done by Roentgen discovering X-rays or family problems of young Einstein [4]. Whenever possible, high-level knowledge, like construction details of lasers are shown with every-day objects: a singing tube and sun-glasses.

[1] A. Zicchicchi, RAI1 TV transmission, 01.05.2005
[2] G. Karwasz, D. Pliszka, T. Wróblewski, E. Rajch, "On the track of Modern Physics", http://www.science.unitn.it/~karwasz
[3] G. Karwasz "How are you, miss Orchidea?", http://www.science.unitn.it/~karwasz/orchidea-en.html
[4] G. Karwasz "Albert and Mileva", http://www.science.unitn.it/~karwasz/albert-en.html