• Question: How much maths and physics do you have to apply on a daily basis?

    Asked by moyin to Charlotte, Dhvanil, Frank, Jim, Leila on 15 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Jim O Doherty

      Jim O Doherty answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Quite a bit, currently I’m working on a set of differential equations (you might have to google that bit!) that describe how a certain radioactive medicine distributes itself around the human body. A lot of the physics knowledge is in understanding and knowing how our scanners work, which is important to understand the images our scanners make

    • Photo: Dhvanil Karia

      Dhvanil Karia answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      A lot…..My work is entirely based on maths and physics

    • Photo: Leila Nichol

      Leila Nichol answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      All of my work! In applied ways, physics and maths of interactions with particles with matter! It’s not always obvious, but it’s our job to understand the physics and maths behind the treatment we’re delivering!

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