Month: November 2008

  • Darwin Festival 2009

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    Booking for the Darwin Festival in Cambridge, 5-10 July 2009, is now open. Among events that may be of interest to BSLS members: Wednesday July 8th A.S. Byatt in conversation with Professor Gillian Beer and Ian McEwan in conversation with Professor David Amigoni Wednesday July 8th and Thursday July 9th Sessions on Darwin on stage,…

  • BSLS Book Prize for 2008

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    The British Society for Literature and Science is pleased to invite nominations for the annual BSLS Book Prize. The prize of £150 will be awarded to the best book published in 2008 in the field of literature and science. We therefore invite nominations, including self-nominations, for books to be considered. Monographs, edited volumes, editions, and…

  • Royal Institution Lecture – ‘The Age of Wonder’

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    Monday 19 January 7.00pm–8.30pm ‘The age of wonder’ a lecture by Prof Richard Holmes In this lecture Richard Holmes tells the story of three remarkable scientific friendships during the Romantic Age in Britain. The astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, the chemists Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday and the medical scientists, John Abernethy and William Lawrence…

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