RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT IN SZEGED – ALONG INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES
The Sz3 group attended this year’s Researchers’ Night on the basis of individual interest. As this year’s theme is “What did the Greeks give us?”, which covers a wide spectrum of natural and social sciences, we were able to find lectures that fit the theme. The modern medicine is based on ancient Greek medicine. We have a lot of basic anatomical knowledge thanks to their observations. So one of our groups explored this topic. The other group was attracted by the ‘how’ of getting rich, so they followed in the footsteps of Pluto, the Greek mythological god of wealth and wealth, and gained extra knowledge in economics. The remainder of the group, drawing on the observational and experimental attitude of the Greeks, took part in chemical and physical experiments that night.
On the 29th of September, we visited the Institute of Anatomy and Pathology, where we attended a lecture as part of the Researchers’ Night programme. The lecture we chose was called “What happens to our bodies after death?”. We arrived at the location with one of my Csányi companions and mentors, where we explored the process of death, the phenomena of the corpse, the estimation of the time of death and the reality of the “urban legends” about death and corpses. It was a very exciting presentation, we learned a lot of interesting things.
Petrovics Kármen, secondary school student Sz3
On Friday the 29th of September, the Sz3 group was divided into several small groups and took part in various presentations as part of the Researchers’ Night programme. Three of us signed up for a financially oriented show, and overall we agreed that we had not spent our time uselessly. The speaker did an excellent job of clarifying the basics of economics along a nice, organized thought process. On one of the slides of the presentation we were also given information about our founder, Sándor Csányi. The best thing was that, besides learning a lot of useful things, we had a great time.
Laurinyecz Márkó Felícián, secondary school student Sz3
On the 29th of September, Gábor Berta and I visited the interactive knowledge lab of the Juhász Gyula University, one of the venues of this year’s Researchers’ Night. During the lecture we saw fiery and icy experiments so we could extend our knowledge of physics and chemistry. The icy experiments used liquid nitrogen, which is -196°C. When you pour out the nitrogen, it starts to evaporate because the substance is very hot compared to the temperature of the nitrogen. The fiery experiments demonstrated the operation of the miner’s lamp in detail. In one analysis, the flame of a wine burner was “cut” with a wire mesh, showing that when two wire meshes were placed around the flame, the flame gave off light but did not pass through the gaps. So at the end of the programme we had not only gained knowledge but also experience, especially as we met familiar faces.
Juhász Ráchel Rebeka, secondary school student Sz3
