Reminder: Inaugural Lecture for PROFESSOR JON AGAR. The Experimental State 07 May 2014, 18:30 start JZ Young Lecture Theatre, UCL Anatomy Building, Gower Street, London map: http://tinyurl.com/stsucl454 Additional details: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sts-publication-events/2014_05_07_Agar Further information: [log in to unmask] | 0207 679 1328 Free. No need to RSVP. Dress casual Reception to follow in Grant Museum of Zoology Feel free to contact Jon: [log in to unmask] Abstract In recent years, there have been calls for government to behave more like science, for example, by conducting trials or by learning from experiments. But we can also learn from history. In his inaugural lecture, Professor Jon Agar considers how the post-war history of the United Kingdom can be understood as an experimental stateš.