ETS Walton Sculpture Design Unveiled
The design of a new campus sculpture to commemorate Trinity’s Nobel Laureate and former Professor E.T.S. Walton, has been officially unveiled by the Provost, Prof Patrick Prendergast.
The design of a new campus sculpture to commemorate Trinity’s Nobel Laureate and former Professor E.T.S. Walton, has been officially unveiled by the Provost, Prof Patrick Prendergast.
A sculpture celebrating the life and work of Ernest Walton, Ireland’s only Nobel laureate for science and a former Trinity College Dublin graduate and professor, has been officially unveiled at the college outside the Physics Department.
Born in Dungarvan, Co Waterford in 1903, Walton was a pioneering nuclear physicist, who together with John Cockcroft, designed and built the first successful particle accelerator, which enabled them to split the atom in the early 1930s.Walton was professor of physics at Trinity College from 1947 to 1974. He and Cockcroft were awarded the 1951 Nobel Prize for Physics.
Today’s unveiling was performed by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn at a special ceremony at Trinity College.
The ‘Apples and Atoms’ sculpture was designed by artist, Eilís O’Connell RHA.
As part of the 2012 Dublin City of Science Festival, the Institute of Physics in Ireland(IOPI) are proud to announce that they will be hosting a ‘Physics High Flyers’ event on Saturday May 5th in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2.
IoP Ireland is campaigning to have the new bridge across the Liffey in Dublin named after ETS Walton Ireland’s only physics Nobel prizewinner. This is the last week to vote. Please support
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