Tuesday 28 September 2004
Dr Viviane Quirke
From Operations Research to Pharmaceutical
R&D? The application of statistical methods to pharmaceutical research at
ICI, ca 1950-1980
Tuesday 26 October 2004
Anne Barrett
Professionalising Science in 19th century Britain
Tuesday 30 November 2004
Dr Hannah Gay
Life, Science, and Technology at Imperial
College during the First World War
The seminars are held at 6pm and preceded by tea from 5.30.
Abstracts can be found at www.rigb.org
Please forward
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Dr Frank A.J.L. James
Reader in History of Science,
The Royal Institution,
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NEW
Frank A.J.L. James (ed), 'The Common Purposes of Life': Science and Society
at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Just published by Ashgate, this book traces the development of the Royal
Institution from its founding in 1799 until the mid-1960s.
For further details, including the table of contents, go to www.ashgate.com
<http://www.ashgate.com> and follow the search instructions typing 'Royal
Institution' into the dialogue box.
