Suzie Sheehy: The case for curiosity-driven research
Сюзи Шихи: О пользе исследований, основанных на любопытстве
Dr. Suzie Sheehy uses accelerator physics to help reinvent technology for applications in medicine, energy and beyond. Full bio
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scientists were trying to solve a mystery.
a vacuum tube like this one
вот такую вакуумную трубку
What were they made of?
physicist, J.J. Thompson,
magnets and electricity, like this.
и электричеством, вот так.
of negatively charged particles
заряженных частиц
than the hydrogen atom,
the first subatomic particle,
субатомную частицу,
a completely impractical discovery.
казалось совершенно бесполезным.
there were any applications of electrons.
будет найдено какое-то применение.
he used to like to propose a toast:
он любил произносить тост:
out of sheer curiosity,
основанные на любопытстве,
understanding of the world.
did cause a revolution in science.
unexpected revolution in technology.
технической революции.
for curiosity-driven research,
об исследованиях из любопытства,
I'll talk about today
которые я затрону сегодня,
has actually changed our view of reality.
наше мировоззрение.
the electrons in the seat,
was actually built on this discovery.
основой современного общества.
were the start of electronics.
электронных устройств.
if you remember, in your living room,
с электронно-лучевой трубкой.
would our lives be
была бы наша жизнь,
from here was the television?
открытия был телевизор?
была только началом,
when the electrons here
о металлическую пластинку в трубке.
screech to a halt inside the metal,
останавливаются в металле,
which we call X-rays.
называемого рентгеновскими лучами.
of discovering the electron,
to make images inside the human body,
снимков анатомических структур организма,
being saved by surgeons,
раненых солдат.
and shrapnel inside their bodies.
осколки пуль и шрапнель.
come up with that technology
не была бы изобретена,
улучшенных хирургических зондов.
better surgical probes.
with no application in mind,
на любопытстве, без конкретной цели,
of the electron and X-rays.
и рентгеновских лучей.
for our understanding of the universe
к пониманию Вселенной
very simple particle accelerator.
ускорителем заряженных частиц.
so I design particle accelerators,
ускорителей заряженных частиц
curiosity-driven research
исследования на основе любопытства
real-world applications.
of those two things
двух направлений —
about what I do.
которых даже перечислить невозможно.
for me to list them all.
found something strange in his equations.
с чем-то странным в своих уравнениях.
on mathematical insight,
на математическом понимании,
a second kind of matter,
другой вид вещества,
when it comes in contact:
его при контакте —
антивещество было обнаружено.
every day in hospitals,
используется в больницах,
or PET scans, used for detecting disease.
или ПЭТ, для распознавания заболеваний.
up to a higher energy,
that this tube,
чем в этой трубке,
рентгеновские лучи подадут
ionizing radiation to kill human cells.
чтобы уничтожить клетки организма.
those X-rays where you want them to go,
эти лучи туда, куда вам нужно,
без лекарств и операций,
are treated using radiotherapy.
получают лечение этим способом.
are actually standard equipment
являются стандартным оборудованием
both with you right now, right?
у вас собой оба, да?
by implanting single ions into silicon,
ионы вставляются в кремний.
ионной имплантацией.
ускоритель заряженных частиц.
любопытством исследований
to explore inside the atom.
исследовать содержание атома.
to develop particle accelerators.
разработать ускорители частиц.
let us split the atom.
нам расщепить атом.
and higher energies;
более высокой энергии.
that let us delve into the nucleus
позволявшие нам заглянуть в ядро
just exploring inside the atom.
не просто исследовали атом.
how to control these particles.
with our world
с миром на уровне,
for humans to see or touch
даже подозревать.
and larger accelerators,
всё более крупные ускорители,
about the nature of the universe.
сущность Вселенной.
new particles started popping up.
начали открываться новые частицы.
ring-like machines
кольцевые устройства,
in opposite directions,
в противоположном направлении,
to less than the width of a hair
меньше диаметра волос
and convert it into new matter,
преобразовать в новое вещество,
from the very fabric of the universe.
вырванные из ткани Вселенной.
about 35,000 accelerators in the world,
около 35 000 ускорителей,
incredible machines,
of tiny particles,
that are more complex
насколько невероятно то,
how incredible it is
to invest your time and energy
вкладывать своё время и энергию в людей,
curiosity-driven research.
основанными на любопытстве.
of seeing the invisible."
J.J. Thompson did just that,
удалось это сделать,
on the subatomic world.
in curiosity-driven research,
в такие исследования,
challenges that we face.
стоит много препятствий.
the space and the means
curious and open-minded
и остаёмся непредвзятыми
our discoveries will be.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suzie Sheehy - PhysicistDr. Suzie Sheehy uses accelerator physics to help reinvent technology for applications in medicine, energy and beyond.
Why you should listen
Dr. Suzie Sheehy designs particle accelerators. She's fascinated by using accelerator physics to help us reinvent technology for applications in areas such as medicine and energy. Her research projects have ranged from the design of new cancer treatment accelerators to building a scaled-down experiment that models particle beams -- answering fundamental questions about the physics of beams that are beyond reach of computer simulations.
Sheehy is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she also teaches graduate-level accelerator physics. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne in her native Australia (BSc Hons 2006) and DPhil at the University of Oxford in the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (2010). She has held fellowships from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (Brunel fellow 2010-2013) as well as her current Royal Society Fellowship.
Alongside her research, Sheehy is a prolific public speaker, presenter and science communicator, for which she has received a number of awards including the British Science Association Lord Kelvin Award, Institute of Physics HEPP Group Science in Society Award and the University of Oxford Vice Chancellors Civic Award. She is an expert TV presenter for Impossible Engineering on Discovery Channel and has cowritten and delivered live headline shows for tens of thousands of students at the Big Bang Fair alongside well known BBC TV presenters. She regularly presents public and schools lectures around the UK and further afield at major science festivals and venues like the Royal Institution.
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