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MATTER, IDEAS, NATURE
A Conference in Memory of David Marcus Knight
Durham University
14-15 June 2019

IDEAS

Prof Nancy Cartwright
Durham University
Trust in Science

Prof Robin Hendry
Durham University
Trust in Chemistry

MATTER

Prof Matthew Daniel Eddy
Durham University
Rethinking Joseph Black's Matter Theory

Prof Frank A. J. L. James
University College London and the Royal Institution
The Very Young Humphry Davy

Prof Robert Fox
Oxford University 
The Life of Thomas Garnett

NATURE

Prof Peter Bowler
Queens University Belfast
Whitehead and Wells on the 'Invention of Invention'

Prof Jim Moore
Open University
Young Wallace: New light on the globe-trotting land-surveyor to whom Darwin wrote ‘May all your theories succeed’

Dr Sophie Forgan
Linnean Society of London
Beyond the Exotic Anomaly: The European Reception of the Kangaroo

REFLECTIONS

Prof William R. Brock
Leicester University
David Marcus Knight (1936-2018): An Appreciation

Ms Sarah Day
Journalist and Novelist

Sponsors:
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry.  Durham University's Department of Philosophy, Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), and Arts and Humanities Faculty.  

Venue:
The conference will take place at Durham University’s Business School.

Organisers:
Prof Matthew Daniel Eddy, Prof Robin Hendry and Prof Frank James.

Matthew Daniel Eddy
Professor and Chair in the History and Philosophy of Science, Durham University, Department of Philosophy, 50/51 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN, United Kingdom @BookScribbler


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