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Plaque spotting: Henry Cavendish (1731 – 1810)
Henry Cavendish (1731 – 1810) died decades before William Whewell (1794 – 1866) coined the term “scientist” to describe those who investigated and classified the physical world, and was known in his time by the term natural philosopher instead. He was also known for being immensely wealthy, well-connected and rather eccentric. Even more importantly, Cavendish was a highly esteemed experimenter in […]
Plaque spotting: Sir Hans Sloane (1660 – 1753)
October 1, 2011
Irish-born Sir Hans Sloane (1660 – 1753) was a prolific collector, physician, botanist and administrator. But his most noteworthy claim to fame in the eyes of many, would be his invention of sweet drinking chocolate and its introduction to Europe. A plaque commemorating Sloane can be found at 4 Bloomsbury Place WC1, just moments from the front […]
Paul Nurse @ Wellcome Collection
September 23, 2011
Sir Paul Nurse, geneticist, Nobel Laureate, President of the Royal Society, and Director / Chief Executive of the Francis Crick Institute, spoke about his life and career with Professor A. C. Grayling at the Wellcome Collection on 22nd September 2011. The event was part of the Exchanges at the Frontier series, now in its third season, hosted […]
Nick Lane @ Wellcome Collection
March 20, 2011
Nick Lane, biochemist, author and winner of the Royal Society 2010 Science Book prize for Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, spoke on “Complexity” at the Wellcome Collection‘s Packed Lunch seminar series, 24th September 2010. To hear this podcast, click here. Photos by Sven Klinge (please credit photographer & website when using these photos)
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
January 6, 2012
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