Tag: Lecture

  • 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…

  • Talk on Gray’s Anatomy at Royal Institution

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    ‘The making of Mr Gray’s Anatomy’, a talk by Ruth Richardson Tuesday 4 November 2008, 7.00pm-8.30pm Gray’s Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations…

  • ‘Between the Lines’ lecture: Philip Ball on his book on Paracelsus

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    Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford Tuesday 19 February, 7 pm In the next in an occasional series of lectures by authors of successful books in the history of science, Philip Ball will talk about his book, The Devil’s Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science. Philip Ball has…

  • Gillian Beer gives Romanes Lecture, Oxford

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    Professor Dame Gillian Beer, Honorary President of the BSLS, will deliver the Romanes Lecture at 5.45 p.m. on Thursday, 8 November 2007 in the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. Her lecture is entitled ‘Darwin and the Consciousness of Others’. The lecture is free to attend and open to all.

  • George Levine ‘Darwin Loves You’

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    George Levine’s work over the past three decades has illuminated the Victorian period. Dr Sharon Ruston, University of Keele, sends this report of Professor Levine’s recent lecture at the University of Leicester Centre for Victorian Studies. George Levine gave a public lecture at the University of Leicester on 21st November, taken from his book Darwin…

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