Top Five Books Every Physics Undergraduate Should Read
Book recommendations every undergraduate physics student should read
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TARA MURPHY
NanoDTC MRes Student at Cambridge
BLOGS AND TUTORIALS
Interviews, Blogs and Tutorials
Below you'll find my blogs and tutorials, including A Miss You May Have Missed, where we remember the women in science that history forgot, as well as Research@Cam where I interview students and researchers in the Cavendish Laboratories.
Tara Murphy
Jan 63 min read
How to Study Physics: Mastering the Basics and Beyond
Studying Physics is difficult, and remember, you’re not the only one who thinks this! Physics, with its intricate concepts and...
Tara Murphy
Dec 25, 20233 min read
How to Make Your STEM Internship Application Stand Out
Struggling to find the perfect summer internship in STEM? Whether you're an undergraduate or a PhD student exploring new research...
Tara Murphy
Nov 29, 20239 min read
Lessons from School: Six Pieces of Advice
This piece was adapted from a speech given at Pobalscoil na Trionoide Awards Night 2023 I remember first seeing the email being invited...
Tara Murphy
Mar 28, 20237 min read
Research@Cam: Timothy Lambden
This week I spoke with Tim-amisu Lambden, the NanoDTC's tiramisu master! If you haven't tried it out yet you're missing out! Throughout...
Tara Murphy
Feb 22, 20238 min read
Research@Cam: Robin Horton
This week I spoke with the amazing Robin Horton, where they bring us on a journey from Photosynthesis, their three favourite proteins and...
Tara Murphy
Feb 14, 202311 min read
Research@Cam: Giovanni Oakes
This week I spoke with Giovanni Oakes, a PhD student here at the Cavendish Laboratories. Giovanni’s work primarily focuses on CMOS...
Tara Murphy
Feb 7, 20239 min read
Research@Cam: Sarah Sandler
This week I spoke with Sarah Sandler, a third year PhD student in the Keyser Group here at Cavendish Laboratory. Originally from Long...
Tara Murphy
Jan 31, 20238 min read
Research@Cam: Eduardo Camarillo Abad
This week I spoke with Eduardo, a NanoDTC student who has just finished his PhD thesis on solar cells for space technologies, while...
Tara Murphy
Jan 24, 20237 min read
Research@Cam: George Lewis
This week I spoke with George Lewis, a final year PhD student in the electron microscopy group, who gave me a round-up of his experience...
Tara Murphy
Jan 17, 20235 min read
Research@Cam: Sarah Yorke
This week I spoke with Sarah Yorke, a first year PhD student at the NanoDTC in Cambridge. Originally from West Yorkshire, Sarah is a part...
Tara Murphy
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Quantum Machine Learning Tutorials
Interested in Machine Learning? Quantum Computing? Or how about merging the two together? Throughout my time at IBM, I worked on various...
Tara Murphy
Jan 11, 20235 min read
The AI Guru
The Machine Learning Yogi, here to help.. So we’ve all learned new skills and hobbies during Covid. Afterall, being in lockdown for...
Tara Murphy
Jan 11, 20234 min read
A Miss You May Have Missed: Sarah Josephine Baker
The way to keep people from dying from disease, it struck me suddenly, was to keep them from falling ill. Healthy people don’t die. It...
Tara Murphy
Jan 11, 20233 min read
A Miss you May have Missed: Eunice Newton Foote
“Science was of no country and of no sex. The sphere of woman embraces not only the beautiful and the useful, but the true.” — Joseph...
Tara Murphy
Jan 11, 20233 min read
A Miss you May have Missed: Emmy Noether
“In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant mathematical genius thus far...
Tara Murphy
Jan 10, 20231 min read
The Adventures of Qubit the Cat
Coming to a NanoDTC Student near you!
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