April 21, 2001
 
 
 
 

INTRODUCTION






Welcome to the twentieth annual Rochester Symposium for Physics Students. This series of symposia was instituted to provide an opportunity for undergraduates to present an account of their own personal research at a meeting whose format was chosen to closely resemble those of professional scientific societies. Your audience will include both students and faculty members, and will provide you with the opportunity to address a knowledgeable and appreciative assembly of fellow researchers.

Scientific research is an extraordinary activity. To quote Albert Einstein: "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." I certainly hope that many of you will decide to pursue careers which involve you intimately in mankind’s great intellectual adventure — to comprehend nature.
 
 
 
 

Arie Bodek, Chair
Department of Physics and Astronomy