Geek Fest!

"From the infinitely large to the infinitely small" was the theme of the Fête de la Science 2013, which took place from 9^th to 13^th October. It was an amazing journey from the confines of the universe to the tiny quarks…

In the morning we listened to a short conference on Medical Resonance Imaging and it was most interesting (it found a real echo in the audience…). Then we listened to a conference about crystals which was very complicated indeed (we could have used a crystal ball…). Then, once outside, we met two robotics engineers; they explained that they had made their robot especially for the army (very reassuring…).

We had lunch in the cafeteria where there was a multitude of students (will we really end up like them?!). Afterwards, the teachers gave us some free time to visit the campus. It has many buildings: Mathematics, Physics, Robotics, Chemistry, Science and Technology, etc. Take your pick for next year!

At the end of the day, we listened to short lectures on topics such as computer coding (puzzling), the tidal phenomenon (we were bowled over), and the effect of electromagnetic waves on pregnant women (monstrous…).

Then, and this was the most interesting event of the day, we took part in an experiment with some students on bacteria in the Biology labs; we saw bacteria crawling on our hands… it was awful!

Before leaving the Cézeaux campus, we attended a final conference, this time on bone prostheses (back-breakingly boring for some).

The day was exciting, all-in-all. Thanks to Mr. Hebrard, Mrs Romain and Mr Chaput, and all the staff of the University for this major event!