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Men's connective world t-shirt
$26.85
Science is global. Travel the world with this us with this bold graphic design which simply screams global connections and collaborative science. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Women's Pi(e) hoodie
$60.41
I don't know about you, but we're a bit peckish... Enjoy a tasty slice of pi(e) with this new mathematics inspired design! Pi is one of the most well-known mathematical constants and is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. For any circle, the distance around the edge is a little more than three times the distance across. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Women's Standard Model colour v neck t-shirt
$26.85
Wear your, well... absolutely everything...! on your sleeve with our Standard Model t-shirt. In the 1970s scientists established that everything is built from a few basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces - they expressed these findings with The Standard Model. It has been used to inform our knowledge of how these particles act with one another and has successfully explained almost all experimental results and precisely predicted a variety of phenomena since then. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Kids' The Faraday t-shirt
$20.14
The discoveries Michael Faraday made in his basement lab at the Ri shaped the modern world and this illustrative design celebrates that work. His major discoveries include electro–magnetic rotations (1821), benzene (1825), electro-magnetic induction (1831), the laws of electrolysis and coining words such as electrode, cathode, ion (early 1830s) the magneto-optical effect and diamagnetism (both 1845) and thereafter formulating the field theory of electro-magnetism. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Men's The Dreams of an Astronaut t-shirt
$26.85
What do astronauts dream of? In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space; in this design from our YouTube animation, she shares a dream she has about returning to space, and talks about what it’s like to gaze down on the earth from above. Part of The Digital Collection at the Royal Institution. Inspired by the work of our team behind our record-breaking YouTube channel! Celebrate your love of science with our 1.3 million subscribers today. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Men's Schrödinger's cat t-shirt
$26.85
No cats were harmed in the making of this design! In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment that illustrates a paradox of quantum superposition. A hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
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Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong
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According to our best theories of physics, the fundamental building blocks of matter are not particles, but continuous fluid-like substances known as 'quantum fields'. David Tong explains what we know about these fields, and how they fit into our understanding of the Universe. Watch the Q&A here:    • Q&A - Quantum Fields: The Real Building Bl...   Liked this video? Sign up as a YouTube channel members for perks, including early access to videos and exclusive Q&As:    / @theroyalinstitution   David Tong is a professor of theoretical physics at Cambridge University, specialising in quantum field theory. The Ri is on Twitter:   / ri_science   and Facebook:   / royalinstitution   and Tumblr:   / ri-science   Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-po... Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter

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