Physics in the Kitchen

George Vekinis is a Research Director and Head of the Education Office at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” in Athens, Greece as well as a university lecturer. He earned a PhD in Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and an MBA (Core) at the Open University, UK. In the past he was also a lecturer and researcher in South Africa and the UK (University of Cambridge) and has served on numerous scientific and technical committees. He has supervised the research work of over 120 students and published and lectured extensively on physics, space exploration, materials science and engineering as well as technology transfer and entrepreneurship. His work has been funded by the European Commission, the European Space Agency as well as various industrial entities and is the author of two books on entrepreneurship and technology commercialisation. He is happily married in Athens with two grown children and two three-legged rescue cats. At weekends, he can reliably be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

Introduction.- Building an Appetite - Energy: The Currency of Life, Food and ... Everything Else.- A Physics Cornucopia.- Gourmet Physics.- Tools of the Trade: Appliances, Materials, and Trusted Kitchen Helpers.- Physics is Everywhere you Look and ...Hear.