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Category Archives: History of Science
Once Absence of Impact used to be the Fashionable Thing to Claim
Up and down the land, academics from Vice Chancellors down are sweating over 3 letters: REF. This dread acronym, standing for the Research Excellence Framework, must be absorbing a fantastic number of hours of time for many people and it … Continue reading
Being Distracted in Paris
It’s not so long ago that I wrote about the lack of opportunity one typically has at conferences to appreciate the interesting places one gets to visit. As a counter to that slightly depressed commentary, I should add that I … Continue reading
Engaging the Public, Citizen Science and Imperialism
Last weekend I made my first foray to Science Online or, as it is now called SpotOn, in London. It doesn’t matter that I still regard myself as a novice in the world of social media (and yes, the words … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, History of Science, Research
Tagged Careers, Galaxy Zoon, Joseph Hooker, public engagement, SpotOn London
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Blood and More Blood
Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge is understandably proud of its tradition in medicine. One of its illustrious alumni is William Harvey, who studied there in the 1590’s before going on to publish evidence to demonstrate the circulation of blood. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, History of Science
Tagged anatomy, circulation, dissection, Gonville and Caius College, William Harvey
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The Man of Science and the Man of Letters
I have just spent a few days in Lichfield, which you might not think of as a key cultural centre, but it happens to be closely associated with two giants, in the form of Erasmus Darwin and Samuel Johnson, both … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science
Tagged Anna Seward, Erasmus Darwin, Lichfield, Samuel Johnson
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