On Tuesday 16th December, we were joined by internationally recognised astrophysicist Dr Alex Maraio for the first talk in our series of winter lectures. Dr Maraio is an ex-Durrington High School student who studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex before studying for his PhD at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Maraio talked to our Oxford Scholars and year 11 Platinum Academy students about the physics of our universe touching on concepts beyond the GCSE curriculum including how science has proven the Big Bang Theory, dark matter, dark energy and black holes.
We would like to thank Dr Maraio for coming in to deliver this inspiring talk. Looking forward, we have Dr Alan Lester joining us on Monday 12th January to talk to us about the contemporaneous British colonisation of India.