Sébastien Descotes-Genon

Outreach in particle physics

I take part in various outreach activities for particle physics:

• The MOOC Journeys from the infinitely big to the infinitely small for high school teachers and students but also all the people interested in these subjects.

The Passport for the two infinities, a book for high school teachers and students.

• The popular science journal Elémentaire, which aims at explaining goals and questions of the physics of the elementary constituents of matter.

• The poster The elementary constituents of matter, distributed in high schools.

• The blog of the ICHEP 2010 conference, a collective blog describing the news and activities around ICHEP 2010 in Paris in July 2010.

 

Collaboration with journalists

• Quark : the ultimate particle ?, an episode of La méthode scientifique (N. Martin, France Culture), 11/19

• Humans are not an exact science, an episode of Creation on air (France Culture), 11/15

• Paris seen by… (produced by Universcience, realised by S. Alloneau), first episode of the series, 11/12

 

Collaboration with artists

• Matière noire, a project around Arts and Sciences on particle physics, in collaboration with the artists of Scénocosme, supported by Diagonale Paris-Saclay.

 

Seminars

• Journey at the heart of the matter
  Conference (Science Café of the French Embassy in Beijing), 11/19

• Quantum physics and particle physics
  Conference (Odyssée Céleste, Cergy-Pontoise), 01/17

• When penguins fly together
  Seminar for third-year students in fundamental physics (Orsay), 11/16

• The role of theoretical physics
  Conference for 60th anniversary of LAL and IPN laboratories (Orsay), 10/16

• Particle physics and teaching
  Conference (Futur en Seine, Paris), 06/16

• The heart of the matter
  Conference (Lycée Charlemagne, Paris), 03/16

• Particle fever
  Open discussion with Nathalie Besson (Palais de la Découverte), 12/14

• The hunt for the Higgs boson
  Conference (Lycée Charlemagne, Paris), 12/14

• Alice in the land of primordial matter
  Conference wih Raphael Granier de Cassagnac (Palais de la Découverte), 11/14

• From Einstein to CERN: looking for the infinitely small
  Conference for phyics high-school teachers (UTT, Troyes), 11/14

• The hunt for the Higgs boson
  Conference in the city library of Plessis-Trévise, 01/13

• The hunt for the Higgs boson
  Conference (Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles), 11/12

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Conference (Paris Institute of Electronics), 11/12

• The quest for antimatter
  Virtual conference for high school students (Aulnay-sous-Bois), 05/12

• Illusions and particle physics
  Conference in the city library of Sceaux, 01/12

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Conference at a high school (Antony), 01/12

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Conference at a high school (Antony), 01/11

• The antimatter quest
  Seminar for third-year students in fundamental physics (Orsay), 01/11

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Conference at a high school (Paris), 02/10

• In search for antimatter
  IPN (Orsay), 03/09

• The quest for antimatter
  Seminar for third-year students in fundamental physics (Orsay), 01/09

• Participation to the open discussion Being a researcher at CNRS within the Science Week (Gif/Yvette), 11/08

• Researcher in particle physics
  Conference at a high school (Mennecy), 11/07

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Science week, LPT (Orsay), 10/07

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Science week, LPT (Orsay), 10/06

• Diving into the heart of matter
  Research Thursdays, LPT (Orsay), 03/06

• The hunting of the quark
  LPPM (Orsay), 12/05

• The zoo of elementary particles
  Science week, LPT (Orsay), 10/05

• Journey at the heart of matter
  Seminar for the administrative and technical staff of LPT (Orsay), 09/05

• From Einstein to the Einstein year, the centenary of a very topical physics
  Seminar for third-year students in fundamental physics (Orsay), 09/05

• Einstein 1905, birth of a new physics
  IPN (Orsay), 03/05

 

Centre for Popularisation of Knowldege

I took part in the activities of the Centre for Popularisation of Knowledege (Université Paris-Sud) on a regular basis, in particular in the following projects :

• The ABC of mathematics (2016)
  An exhibition exhibition of 26 pannels describing mathematics.

• The exoplanets (2014)
  An exhibition for Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

• Of Water and Men (2013)
  An exhibition of 10 pannels for the House for environment, sciences and sustainable development, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

• The planets along the river Yvette (2009)
  A permanent exhibition of 10 pannels between Orsay and Gif/Yvette describing astronomy, astrophysics and cosmoloy for the general public.

• The ABC of astronomy (2008)
  An exhibition exhibition of 26 pannels describing astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology for the general public.

• The ABC of computer sciences (2007)
  An exhibition of 26 pannels describing hot topics in computer research (in collaboration with INRIA).

• La matière, une affaire d' état (2006)
  Dossier for the educationnal web pages of the French TV channel France 5.

• If the Sun were a ball (2006)
  An exhibition of 10 pannels showing the solar system at the scale of the Orsay campus.

• Viewpoints on colours (2006)
  Dossier for the educationnal web pages of the French TV channel France 5.

• From yesterday's physicists... to today's physics (2005)
  A web site introducing 26 famous physicists, their discoveries and the topical questions that arise due to their work.

• The ABC of physics (2005)
  A travelling exhibition of 26 pannels explaining physics to the general public though examples taken from everyday life.