Helen Czerski: The fascinating physics of everyday life
Helen Czerski: Očaravajuća fizika svakodnevnog života
Dr. Helen Czerski investigates the physics of ocean bubbles and spends a lot of time sharing the big scientific ideas hidden in the small objects around us. Full bio
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način na koji govorimo o fizici.
needs a little modification.
I don't live here anymore.
that I have a northern nana,
she hasn't had much formal education,
nije veoma obrazovana,
studying physics at Cambridge,
studirala sam fiziku na Cambridgeu,
at Nana's house in Urmston
kod bake u Urmstonu
open in front of me
hieroglyphics -- let's be honest.
and she looked at this folder,
pogledala te fascikle
about what was on the page.
što je pisalo na trenutnoj stranici.
and Einstein A and B coefficients.
A i B koeficijentima.
I could think of at the time.
because it's a very good question --
jer je to jako dobro pitanje -
to znate?", a "to" je fizika?
when "that" is physics?
we talk about physics in society
u društvu govorimo o fizici
that we can do when we know that.
možemo kada znamo fiziku.
needs a bit of a shift.
treba se malo promijeniti.
matters for our society,
ovaj drugačiji pogled,
because I'm a physicist and I'm biased
najvažniji ljudi na svijetu.
important people in the world.
priznajmo, imamo problem s predodžbom -
an image problem, let's be honest --
that's from the Solvay Conference in 1927.
sa Solvayeve konferencije 1927.g.
of physics were grappling
only to have a probability
ozbiljni muškarci u odjelima.
very stern-looking men in suits.
"Marie Antoinette,"
Marie Antoinette,
on the bottom there,
obući kao i svi ostali.
but had to dress like everybody else.
ima svakakvih hijeroglifa,
there's all these kinds of hieroglyphics,
of two black holes colliding,
sudara dviju crnih rupa
worth watching, to be honest.
radila procjenu rizika,
the risk assessment
the image of physics, right?
koji su čudno obučeni.
dressed in a slightly strange way.
is that I'm a physicist,
between the atmosphere and the ocean.
the ocean is massive,
that joins them together
iz jednog velikog rezervoara u drugi.
from one huge reservoir to the other.
ja sam snimila taj video -
that was me who took this video --
by the way, was 10 meters.
happening here --
fizika na djelu -
this is definitely physics.
to je sigurno fizika.
našeg shvaćanja fizike
in our cultural perception of physics,
in our cultural perception of physics?
naše shvaćanje fizike?
there has to be a graph, right?
mora postojati graf, zar ne?
from very fast things there,
koje se događaju jako brzo
big things up there.
of physics looks like this.
trenutno shvaćanje fizike.
down in that corner,
in the general ...
na ljestvici stvari
for everyday life.
which is up there;
koja se nalazi tamo gore;
in the beginning of the universe,
in physics, right?
to discover new physics
da se u tim mjestima
there's a very large gap in the middle.
u sredini nalazi velika rupa.
and volcanoes and clouds
that make up our everyday life.
naš svakodnevni život.
you'd be surprised --
iznenadili biste se -
it's just that nobody talks about it.
nitko o tome ne govori.
is that they all run
of physical laws,
applies over a huge range,
na mnogo toga,
to very, very big things.
da izađete iz ovoga.
to get outside of this.
in research physics here,
they bring about
complex world we live in.
složeni svijet u kojem živimo.
that really matters to me
koji je meni jako važan
that we don't talk about.
fizičkih istraživanja.
research going on here.
gledanje u zvijezde,
pointing at stars,
misle da to nije to.
think it's not that.
da postoji jako puno stvari
is that there are so many things
je sirovo, a jedno je kuhano.
and one of them has been boiled.
have tried that, you all knew.
you set them spinning,
the one that's completely solid,
ono koje je potpuno tvrdo,
zaustavite samo ljusku;
you only stop the shell;
zato jer je ništa nije zaustavilo.
because nothing's made it stop.
i jaje se opet počinje okretati.
so the egg starts to rotate again.
of something in physics
of angular momentum,
kutne količine gibanja,
that if you set something spinning
dok to ne zaustavite.
unless you do something to stop it.
na kojem funkcionira svemir.
in how the universe works.
if you're the sort of person --
vrate u hladnjak.
and then put them back in the fridge.
u redu je. Nećemo vas osuđivati.
it's OK. We won't judge you.
broader applicabilities.
which is a very tiny part of the sky.
jedan jako mali dio neba.
in free space for 25 years,
to a tiny region of sky.
i najmanji dio neba.
it did it in sections,
to take amazing images like this.
ove nevjerojatne slike.
that is not touching anything
of it, it has something
nema veze sa sirovim jajem,
isn't a raw egg,
kutne količine gibanja,
of conservation of angular momentum,
with the same axis, indefinitely.
and so it can orient itself.
okreće oko njih i tako se orijentira.
we can play with in the kitchen and use,
i koristimo ga u kuhinji,
some of the most advanced technology
neke od najnaprednijih tehnologija
that you learn these patterns
gdje naučite te obrasce
again and again and again.
uvijek ispočetka.
kada ih uočite negdje drugdje.
when you spot them in new places.
to an audience full of businesspeople once
u kojoj su bili sve neki poslovni ljudi
and trying to impress their bosses.
pokušavali impresionirati svoje šefove.
so I showed the egg video and then said,
pa sam pokazala taj video i rekla
poslije me pitati da provjerite."
and ask me afterwards to check."
poslije su me vukli za rukav
tugging on my sleeve afterwards,
kada uočite takve obrasce
from spotting these patterns
give you access
in our everyday world.
svakodnevnom svijetu.
is it involves playing with toys.
da uključuje i igranje igračkama.
as the mundane little things
odbaciti kao nešto uobičajeno
on a Saturday afternoon
that actually really matters,
i primjenjuju se na jaja,
and it applies to eggs
i na mnogo drugih stvari,
and all sorts of other things,
na modernu tehnologiju
to modern technology
that's going on in the world.
with these patterns.
trebali igrati tim obrascima.
number of concepts
using things in your kitchen,
koje imate u kuhinji,
for life in the outside world.
za život u vanjskom svijetu.
a duck is a good place to start,
dobro je početi od patke,
don't get cold.
of thermodynamics with the duck,
in your kitchen
and modern energy generation.
i modernog stvaranja energije.
a good thing to play with.
uvijek je zgodno igrati se njima.
izvadite grožđice iz kolača
fish some raisins out of the bar snacks,
to watch; try it.
the interesting people to you.
and gas laws and viscosity.
zakoni plinova i viskoznost.
and they're right around us everywhere.
i nalaze se svugdje oko nas.
you don't need a big, posh lab.
ne treba vam za to veliki laboratorij.
I had the chapter on spin.
imala sam poglavlje o vrtnji.
pada na premazanu stranu.
about toast falling butter-side down.
koji nije znanstvenik,
who's not a scientist,
what he thought,
dobila sam njegovu poruku
a couple of weeks later,
in a posh hotel in Switzerland,
otmjenom hotelu u Švicarskoj
to push toast off the table,
he doesn't have to.
and try it for himself.
sa stola i sam isprobati.
to know about science:
koje treba znati o znanosti:
through experience and experimentation,
kroz iskustvo i eksperimente
we basically know how gravity works,
of experimentation:
trying things out,
science forward --
kako razvijamo znanost -
in the everyday world.
about technology,
that are about this size,
u tijelima koja su otprilike ove veličine,
sit on chairs that are about this size,
na ovakvim stolcima,
means we're not helpless.
znači da nismo bespomoćni.
that we're not helpless,
da nismo bespomoćni,
da može promatrati stvari,
about knowing all the answers.
o poznavanju svih odgovora.
so you can ask the right questions.
kako bi postavljali prava pitanja.
little things in everyday life,
stvarima u svakodnevnom životu,
da postavimo prava pitanja.
to ask the right questions.
when you know that --
in the everyday world
eggs in the fridge --
and the curiosity
all the fun, right?
djeca zabavljala, zar ne?
for studying physics, for example,
zašto učiti fiziku, primjerice,
three life-support systems.
ima tri sustava za održavanje života.
life-support system,
on the fundamental physical laws
osnovnih zakona fizike
with eggs and teacups and lemonade,
pomoću jaja, šalica i limunade
is such a serious problem,
tako ozbiljan problem
life-support systems,
and we need to negotiate that boundary.
that we can learn
koje možemo naučiti,
the world around us works,
to know about in life,
daleko ćete dogurati.
is going to get you a long way.
ne želite zabavljati fizikom
in having fun with physics
but apparently, these people exist --
ali takvi ljudi navodno postoje -
in keeping yourself alive
kako da ostanete živi
is remarkably constant;
of things that we measure.
za mnogo stvari koje mjerimo.
some new quantum mechanics,
are still going to fall down.
world, in not being helpless,
ako ne želite biti bespomoćni
and adults do this --
odrasli to isto rade -
and your brain goes, "Oh, that's weird."
kaže, "Hm, to je baš čudno."
"You're an adult. Keep going."
"Odrasla si osoba. Idi dalje."
hold that thought --
"Hm, to je baš čudno,"
"Oh, that's a bit odd,"
there to play with,
any of those little moments
jako je zabavno.
highly entertaining.
like watching paint dry,
gledate sliku kako se suši,
it's worth watching.
čudne stvari, vrijedi pogledati.
if there are teacups around.
ako su u blizini šalice za čaj.
to play with teacups, it's brilliant.
možete igrati šalicama za čaj.
is to get a teacup, get a spoon,
da uzmete šalicu, žličicu,
push your toast off the table
and you'll learn stuff from it.
i naučit ćete nešto iz toga.
that it doesn't fall butter-side down,
da ne padne na premazanu stranu,
play with toys.
igrati igračkama.
istražiti fizički svijet
the physical world for ourselves
to understand society,
želimo razumjeti društvo,
na kojem se sve mora temeljiti.
on which everything else must be based.
our life-support systems going is great.
sustave za preživljavanje je super.
that we need to change
with weird people
i svi se možemo igrati njome.
and we can all play with it.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Helen Czerski - PhysicistDr. Helen Czerski investigates the physics of ocean bubbles and spends a lot of time sharing the big scientific ideas hidden in the small objects around us.
Why you should listen
Dr. Helen Czerski has studied bubbles at sea and in the lab, has presented many highly-regarded BBC science documentaries and has told the stories of science (and especially of physics) on stage and in print.
Czerski's academic home is the department of mechanical engineering at University College London in the UK. Her first book, Storm in a Teacup, was published in 2016 (2017 in the US) and shows how the biggest ideas in physics come to life in the world around us -- and how the most mundane quirks of the everyday world open the door to the physics that every citizen needs to know.
Photo: Alex Brenner
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