Dear Colleague
The Royal Society Wilkins lecture is a triennial event, first established in 1947 for the purpose of founding a lectureship in the history of science. This year's lecture entitled Dr Wilkins's boy wonders is being delivered by Professor Lisa Jardine, of Queen Mary, University of London at the Royal Society on Thursday 23 October at 6.30pm.
Tickets are not required for this event and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
This lecture is free and open to all, so please do inform any colleagues or associates you think may be interested in attending. For more information about the lecture, please contact me on 020 7451 2683 or e mail [log in to unmask]
Abstract of the lecture:
When John Wilkins became Warden of Wadham College, Oxford in 1648, at one of the most unstable political moments in British history, he proceeded to collect around him a group of outstanding young mathematicians, medics and experimentalists, who would, he hoped, create a 'new world' of enlightened thought and technology-based prosperity. It could, indeed, be argued that it is Wilkins whom we should honour as the 'father of modern science'
Best wishes
Beth
Beth Jones
Section Co-ordinator, Science Communication
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