Dear Colleagues I've been asked to pass on this open invitation to hear Steven Shapin speak at the Royal Society. Brian If you are having difficulties viewing this email, click here <http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/q/11bnxaolgkwN/wv> for an online version To ensure future emails reach you, please add *royalsociety.org* to your safe senders list. Science Policy <http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/c/18ydDfykHM5Q20> PolicyLab with Steven Shapin, Harvard historian of science and author of The Scientific Life Friday 19 June Register from 10:30am, the discussion will run from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Please join us on Friday 19 June 2009 from 10:30am for an event with Steven Shapin, Harvard historian of science and author of /The Scientific Life. / It’s easy to forget that Darwin was an amateur. Compared with a hundred or even fifty years ago, contemporary, professional science looks very different. What does it mean to be a scientist in the 21^st Century? Are scientists still driven by curiosity and a desire to make the world a better place? How different is university science from corporate science? What does this mean for how we support and regulate scientific research? Steven will be joined by neuroscientist Mark Lythgoe and James Wilsdon, director of the Royal Society Science Policy Centre. If you would like to attend this free event, please email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with your name, job title and place of work, clearing stating which event you would like to attend. Registration will be from 10:30 am, the discussion will run from 11:00 -12:30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You have received this emails because your name is on our contacts list. Click here to unsubscribe. Please note this is an automatic operation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © Copyright The Royal Society, 2008 The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG t: +44(0)20 7451 2500 e: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> w: royalsociety.org/policy <http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/c/18yfrgpxQSs9A9> Registered Charity No 207043 Twenty Ten and beyond, 350 years of excellence in science ****************************************************************************** This email is sent on behalf of The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom. You should carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. The Royal Society accepts no liability for any loss or damage which may be caused by software viruses or interception or interruption of this email. The contents of this email and any attachments are intended for the confidential use of the named recipient(s) only. They may be legally privileged and should not be communicated to or relied upon by any person without our express written consent. If you are not an addressee (or you have received this mail in error) please notify us immediately by email to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Registered charity no. 207043