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University of Manchester Wednesday 25 April 2012, 9.30am-5.30pm Many people look suspiciously at science in fictional media and may ask themselves: Why don’t the creators of fiction ever talk to real scientists? In fact, those who write novels, craft television scripts, create movies, and produce stage plays do speak with scientists on a regular basis.…

Please note this forthcoming event on 30 April 2.15pm at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, 45-47 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PE .

The winner of the BSLS prize for the best book in the field of literature and science published in 2011, as announced at the BSLS conference in Oxford, is Martin Willis, for Vision, Science and Literature, 1870-1920: Oculars Horizons (Pickering and Chatto). To read the book prize committee’s endorsement of this book, go to the BSLS…

Sat 15 to Sun 16 Sep 2012 Oxford Department of Continuing Education, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford The historical intersection between mathematicians and theism is rich in culture and character. This weekend event will be made up of talks surveying a diverse and fascinating range of topics including the sect of the Pythagoreans, Newton’s…

FOR: BSLS 2012 delegates For those of you unfamiliar with Oxford, there is basic travel advice on the University webpages: http://www.ox.ac.uk/visitors_friends/maps_and_directions/directions.html You are strongly advised to come to Oxford by train or bus, unless your hotel has car-parking facilities, as car parking in Oxford is limited; there is none at the St Cross building except…

We have received the following nominations for the vacancies on the BSLS Executive. We will update this page if and when further nominations arrive. CHAIR: Dr John Holmes (University of Reading), nominated by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr and Sharon Ruston. TREASURER: Dr Daniel Cordle (Nottingham Trent), nominated by Martin Willis and Sharon Ruston. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Jessica Evans…