Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries

Have you ever wondered about atoms, wormholes, and antimatter?  

Join us as Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith delivers an engaging talk, followed by a book signing of her newest book, Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries: A cosmic guide to the building blocks of our universe. 

Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith’s new book provides a fun and fascinating introduction to quantum physics and the mysteries of our universe. 

Lisa Harvey-Smith will explore how quantum physics has helped us solve some BIG cosmic mysteries and there are still so many secrets waiting to be uncovered. 

You will meet the invisible forces that guide everything from the smallest particles to the shape of the cosmos and blow your mind with theories of space and time. 

Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries is for 8 – 12-year-olds along with anyone with an interest in quantum physics. 

Professor Harvey-Smith will sign copies of her new book in the Foyer following her talk. Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries is available for purchase at the Questacon Shop. 

This event is free with purchase of general entry admission, or a Questacon membership. 

Lisa Harvey-Smith is an astrophysicist and Professor of Practice at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She has worked at universities and astronomical observatories around the world and written more than 50 scientific papers about stars, galaxies and black holes. Lisa is a multi-award-winning science communicator, television presenter and former Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador. Her illustrated science books are enjoyed by adults and children around the world.  

Lisa has won both the Australian Museum Eureka Prize and the CSIRO Chairman's Medal. Her books have received accolades including Best Education Title in the Singapore Book Awards, finalist in the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Silver Medalist in the Nautilus Book Awards, and been longlisted in Booktopia's Australia's Favourite Book Award and the Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award.