Physics & Astronomy at McMaster University


Contact Info

Address:		1280 Main Street W. Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1 Canada
Phone:		905-525-9140 ex 24559
Fax:		905-546-1252
Email:		kilgoud@mcmaster.ca
Website:		http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca
Chair:		Dr. David Venus

General Department Info

Degrees Offered:		Bachelors Masters Doctorate

Staff & Student Numbers:		Nobels: 1 Faculty: 24 Staff: 13 Post Docs: 9 Grads: 54 Under Grads: 60

Research Areas:		Astrophysics, Chemical Physics, Condensed Matter, Health&Radiation/Medical Physics, Nuclear Experiment, Optics, Polymer Physics, Theory

Facilities:		Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, Nuclear Reactor, KN Accelerator, William J. McCallion Planetarium

'Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.'

Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970)