Welcome
to Cambridge Physics, part of the Cavendish Laboratory Educational
Outreach website for schools and the public.
The Cavendish
was opened in 1874 as the Laboratory of Physics at the University
of Cambridge, one of the first teaching laboratories in England.
Research in the Cavendish has led to a number of the most important
discoveries in physics.
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A
Growing Laboratory
In 1974 the Cavendish was relocated to its current site in West Cambridge.
Find out how the laboratory developed, and see its original site in
Free School Lane.
The
Cavendish Today
The Cavendish is an active laboratory for teaching and research. Explore the cutting-edge research of each of our current research groups'
(external page).
Cambridge
Physicists
Experiments couldn't take place without experimenters! Here are biographies
of many of the key figures of the Cavendish.