Tuesday 28 January
Dr Janet Delve and Dr David Anderson (University of Portsmouth)
Max Newman: Forgotten Father of Computing?
Tuesday 25 February
Dr Neil Brown (Science Museum)
Robert William Paul and scientific instrument making in the
early twentieth century
Tuesday 25 March
Dr Jon Agar (Birkbeck College)
History of noise
Please note that there will be no seminar on 29 April as that coincides with
the conference on the history of molecular biology in the twentieth being
held at the Royal Institution. For details of this meeting see
http://www.rigb.org/events/DNA.pdf
Tea from 5.30pm with seminars at 6pm in the Council Room of the Royal
Institution, 21 Albemarle Street,
Further details from Dr Frank James [log in to unmask]
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Dr Frank A.J.L. James
Reader in History of Science,
The Royal Institution,
21 Albemarle Street,
London,
W1S 4BS,
England.
Direct line 020 7670 2924
Switchboard 020 7409 2992
Mobile 07957 172 123
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Web page: http://www.rigb.org/heritage/publications.html
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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.
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