Abstract
This talk will demonstrate how astronomers have used radio telescopes to discover thousands of pulsars — the highly magnetised neutron stars left over when large stars explode at the end of their lives. Many of these pulsars have given us key insights into the intricacies of binary evolution and the many exotic systems they produce, the equation of state of nuclear matter, and the essential correctness of the General Theory of Relativity.
Novel educational virtual reality software will be used to illustrate the concepts being conveyed in his talk. The talk is designed to be conceptually rich yet understandable for anyone with a tertiary-level education.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend.