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Podcast: Skeptics in the Pub Online Podcast
Episode: Weird World of the Very Very Small – Dr Steve Barrett
Description: How do we describe the world on a scale of atoms and molecules? The concepts underlying quantum mechanics seem to be at odds with common sense, but quantum theory describes reality on the atomic scale.
Dr Steve Barrett is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool. His research interests have centred around the applications of imaging and spectroscopy to fields such as nanoscience, geomaterials, biomedical imaging and infrared spectroscopy.
He is an expert in image processing and image analysis and has written image analysis software that has been used by res...