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Category Archives: Science Culture
Scientists Who Stand Up to be Counted
In the UK the pandemic is rushing towards its second anniversary, changing, but no less dangerous for the life we used to think was ‘normal’, and indeed our very lives. During this time, as a scientist I have had confidence … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged abuse, David Spiegelhalter, Devi Sridhar, pandemic, Sander van der Linden
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Self Confidence Amidst a Pandemic
I am sure readers share my gloom at the necessity of re-introducing tighter restrictions in our lives as Omicron spreads. It’s almost two years since the virus first swam into public view in the UK, twenty-one months since academics rapidly … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Science, Science Culture
Tagged ECRs, Omicron, seminars, webinars, Zoom
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Did Humphry Davy suffer from Impostor Syndrome?
When I think of Humphry Davy, I think of a scientist, someone who became a star attraction during the early days of the Royal Institution and inventor of the eponymous Davy Lamp (although at the time others accused him of … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, Science Culture
Tagged Alice Jenkins, Humphry Davy, Jan Golinski, Richard Holmes, Zooniverse
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