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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Geiger Counters

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States22.S902
Free, no sign-up neededJanuary IAP 2015English
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This experimental one-week course is a freshman-accessible hands-on introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. Students build and test their own Geiger Counter, and so doing, they explore different types and sources of radiation, how to detect them, how to shield them, how to accurately count / measure their activity, and explore cryptographical applications of radiation. This course is meant to be enjoyable and rigorous at the same time.

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