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Science made simple

Science was made simple by four talented Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School physicists when they went to London?s world famous Royal Society for the finals of the SCICAST science awards.

The Crosby classmates were selected from hundreds of entries nationwide after submitting their own two-and-a-half minute film explaining laser technology.

“The object is to demystify science with an imaginative and ingenious brief explanation of a physics concept that would normally leave the layman scratching his head,” said Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School Physics teacher Paul Cooper.

Alastair Houston, 15, from Formby explained: “Laser technology sounds daunting but in essence you fill a tube with helium, pass an electric current the tube to energise the atoms and then shine a light through the gas using reflective mirrors to intensify the beam.” Richard Kirkwood, 15, from Formby, added: “Many people are blinded by physics, but the subject is truly enlightening. It helps us to understand the way in the world works, from the smallest scale particles to the composition of the multi-universe and anything and everything in between.”

Pictured from left to right are Richard Kirkwood, William Devane, 15, from Crosby, Alastair Houston and Vansee Bheemireddy 15, from Crosby.