London International Youth Science Forum
The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) attracts 350 of the world’s best science students aged 17-21yrs old, from 50 countries around the world every summer.
LIYSF is a two week residential event held at Imperial College London, with lectures and demonstrations from leading scientists, visits to industrial sites, research centres, s ...
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Imperial College London
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London
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Photoactivatable metal complexes: from theory to therapy
Organised by Professor Peter Sadler, Professor Akhil R. Chakravarty and Dr Nicola J Farrer
Photoactivation of metal complexes presents relatively unexplored potential for the discovery of new chemistry with applications in biotechnology and medicine. This meeting will bring together experts in theory and computation, photophysics, photochemistry ...
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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22nd European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection
The ESH congress provides a forum for the presentation of novel data in the management of hypertension and cardiovascular prevention. This is the largest annual scientific event on hypertension worldwide. Participants are usually around 7.000 from all European and many extra-European countries. ...
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ExCeL London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Genetic Fictions: Genes and Genre
Genetic Modification, genetic mutation, genetic manipulation - it's all on stage in this exciting evening of fact and fiction!
Join leading Social Scientists from the ESRC Genomics Network, including Dr Joan Haran (Cesagen, Cardiff University) author of the forthcoming book 'Genetic Fictions: Genes, Gender and Genre', along with awar ...
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Conference Centre, British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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New windows on transients across the Universe
Organised by Professor Paul O'Brien, Professor Stephen Smartt, Professor Ralph Wijers and Professor Kenneth Pounds CBE FRS
Registration for this event is now open
A violent stellar explosion detonates every second in the visible Universe producing transients such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. The dawn of a novel array of internatio ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Packed Lunch: Bones
Feed your curiosity at our daytime discussions. Drop in to hear local scientists in conversation about their latest experiments, life in the lab and why science matters to everyone, all in the space of your lunch hour. Bring your sarnies with you to eat while you listen.
How does the work our bones do influence their size, shape and resilience? ...
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Wellcome Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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April 2012 Fiction lab
Monday-
Jennifer Rohn of Lablit.com hosts the monthly book club dedicated to great fiction books with a science theme. If you're an interested reader who has something to say, then come along.
The format of Fiction lab is simple. All you need to do is check this webpage for April's book selection, read the book beforehand and then dr ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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Brain Jar
The physical brain has been poked, prodded and pickled over the centuries. Now it's your turn to get to grips with the brain, through hands-on activities and performances. Join us for an afternoon event with the adult in mind.
Learn how to channel your inner zombie with award-winning choreographer Sally Marie. Timed performances throughout the ...
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Wellcome Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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Landscapes of the Mind
Join us for a richly illustrated talk on the changing perceptions of the brain, ranging from centuries-old engravings to images of individual neurons. We will examine the contestable theories behind past and present research, especially that of ‘mapping’ specific functions to particular areas of this complex organ. ...
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Wellcome Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
ECCMID is the yearly congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and attracts 8'000 to 9'000 participants. ECCMID offers a wide range of sessions including: keynotes, meet-the-expert sessions, grand-rounds, poster sessions, educational workshops and more covering the entire field of infection-r ...
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ExCeL London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Fenix 2: Icon of the Chilean mine rescue
Fénix 2: Icon of the Chilean mine rescue
Fénix 2 is one of five capsules built to rescue the 33 trapped miners from the San José mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert in October 2010 and was on standby as part of the rescue mission.
The capsule became a symbol of hope and triumph over adversity during the unprecedented rescue operati ...
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The Science Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Signal processing and inference for the physical sciences
Organised by Dr Nick Jones and Dr Thomas Maccarone.
Registration for this event is now open
This meeting will bring together two vibrant research groups for a profitable exchange of ideas: physical scientists working with challenging data and needing tools to make the most of it; and analysts not yet working in these rich scientific fields. ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Against images made by hands: Florence Nightingale-s reluctant life in portraiture
Public history of science lecture by Dr Natasha McEnroe
Florence Nightingale disliked having her portrait taken as much as she hated being a celebrity, yet it was largely through the visual representations of her face and person in the press that she gained iconic status in Victorian England. Used as a model by her artistic and adoring sister an ...
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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The first ornithologist: Francis Willughby
Public history of science lecture by Professor Tim Birkhead FRS
Francis Willughby transformed the study of birds in the mid 1600s. Rejecting anecdotes, hieroglyphs and emblematics, he made ornithology scientific for the first time. Sadly, he was almost certainly unaware of success since he died before his pioneering encyclopaedia was published. ...
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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Women in Science: Nurturing Nobels
Only 5% of Nobel Laureates are women. Dorothy Hodgkin is the sole British female recipient of a Nobel Prize for science. The past decade has seen a host of initiatives to encourage women scientists. These have given voice and encouragement to the many brilliant female researchers alive today.
The MRC Clinical Sciences Centre is doing its bit wit ...
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The Science Museums Dana Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Theology vs Geology: Victorian faith and science
The Victorian period - when geology was the new frontier, and scientific discoveries were challenging the Biblical account of how (and when) the world was made. Join Chris Hilton to explore the impact of these discoveries on individuals with religious conviction, and the struggle to reconcile these beliefs with emerging contradictory evidence.
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Wellcome Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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Leeuwenhoek Lecture 2012: Dr Brad Amos FRS
The 2012 Leeuwenhoek Lecture will be given by Dr Brad Amos FRS
The Leeuwenhoek Lecture is given triennially. It was originally established to recognise excellence in the field of microbiology but now also includes excellence in bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology, and microscopy. ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Material efficiency: providing material services with less material production
One third of the World’s energy is used to make and shape materials. Economic development correlates with material consumption, but in a climate and resource constrained future, this cannot continue. Material Efficiency - delivering material services with less material production - was part of our history, and the need to pursue it in future raises ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Members- Event - Discover the Jodrell Laboratory
Find out what goes on behind the scenes in Kew's Jodrell Laboratory at Kew Gardens.
Find out what goes on behind the scenes in Kew's Jodrell Laboratory, as it opens its doors to the public for an exclusive members' day. Learn about the work carried out in the laboratories, from sequencing DNA to studying plant chemistry and examining ...
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Kew Gardens
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Surrey
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United Kingdom
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14-10 club: 12 January 2012
Exclusively for finance professionals who have a background in science and mathematics, the14-10 club meets on a monthly basis to hear from top experts in science,maths and finance in a social and collegiate atmosphere.
This event will include the following presentations:
Dr Vladimir Piterbarg, Global Head of Quantitative Analysis, Barclays ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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Repairing the code
The 2011 Francis Crick Lecture will be given by Dr Simon Boulton from Cancer Research UK for his exceptional achievements in the field of DNA repair.
The Francis Crick Lecture is given annually in any field in the biological sciences. Preference is given to genetics, molecular biology and neurobiology, the general areas in which Francis Crick w ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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The global nitrogen cycle
This meeting is centered around the current understanding of the global nitrogen cycle and the extent to which it has been modified by human activities. It will consider processes regulating the sources, transformation in and removal from the atmosphere and their effects on climate, terrestrial and marine ecosystems and human health, and likely tr ...
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Royal Society
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London
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United Kingdom
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Ghosts of Christmas Lectures past
Kick off the festive season with a hilarious evening of music and science as we pay tribute to over 180 years of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. We’ve invited some science-lovers inspired by the lectures to take us on a trip down memory lane and reminisce about some of their favourite lecturers and moments from the past.
Line up includes: ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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14-10 club: 1 December
Exclusively for finance professionals who have a background in science and mathematics, the14-10 club meets on a monthly basis to hear from top experts in science,maths and finance in a social and collegiate atmosphere.
This event will include the following presentations:
Ray Goldstein, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physic ...
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The Royal Institution of Great Britain
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Ladybird of Szeged is coming to Roboville - Science Museum
Robots came from human imagination to infiltrate our culture and invade our workplaces. Where are robots in your future? Find out at Roboville, hosted at the Science Museum. It’s your unique opportunity to get up close to robots and talk to their inventors.
Roboville is part of a festival of robots taking place in the Science Museum throughout D ...
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Science Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Consciousness & Extended Mind Exploring consciousness through biology & recent experimental evidence
What is consciousness? Is consciousness product of the Brain? The answers to these
age-old questions still largely elude modern science. This exciting event aims to shed
some light on these important topics. In this presentation Dr Rupert Sheldrake aims to
shed a light on recent experimental evidence on the concept of extended mind, and
challen ...
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Room G16, Alexandra Fleming Building,
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London
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United Kingdom
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Publishing Faraday-s Candle
Michael Faraday’s The Chemical History of a Candle is arguably the most popular science book ever published. Based on Faraday’s final series of Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution, it has never been out of print in English since it was first published in 1861. Translated into more than a dozen languages, this little book, just under 36,000 ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Bioinspired technology: from cochlear implants to an artificial pancreas using microchips.
Biology is inspiring technology, which in turn, replaces biology. The global demographic trend towards ageing populations, coupled with less active lifestyles and fast-food diets, is leading to higher probability and earlier onset of chronic conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
All of Chris’s Inventions stem from the s ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Radiometers as buttonholes: the extraordinary material legacy of William Crookes
William Crookes was a physicist, chemist, entrepreneur and spiritualist. Being a consummate experimenter he designed precision instruments of great delicacy, in particular exquisite glass vacuum tubes. The radiometer, when first exhibited in 1875, took the scientific world by storm, and became his trade mark. Other artefacts in the Science Museum ...
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The Royal Society, London
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London
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United Kingdom
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Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
A panel discussion to celebrate the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
The winner of the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books will be revealed at this event
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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Can solar power deliver?
Solar power has the potential to provide an abundant, sustainable and low-carbon energy stream for civilization’s burgeoning energy demands. However, this bold vision now requires rapid revolutionary, not evolutionary, progress in the capture, conversion and storage of the Sun’s energy. The world’s leading experts will be asked “Can solar power del ...
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Carlton House Terrace
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London
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United Kingdom
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Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things
Where would we be without the little heroes that underpin our everyday lives? Could you be bothered to brew leaf tea five times a day or fish the beans out of your morning coffee?
Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things is an innovative new exhibition giving the spotlight to the miniature marvels we couldn’t live without.
The featured ...
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The Science Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Listening Post
Listening Post is a ‘dynamic portrait’ of online communication, displaying uncensored fragments of text, sampled in real-time, from public internet chatrooms and bulletin boards. Artists Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin have divided their work into seven separate ‘scenes’ akin to movements in a symphony. Each scene has its own ‘internal logic’, sifting, f ...
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The Science Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Ten Climate Stories
An imperfect toaster and a parade of pylons offer fresh takes on the world around us. This new series of interventions reveals hidden stories behind some of the Science Museum’s best-loved exhibits - as well as showcasing work from emerging and established artists. Ten Climate Stories takes a long view of our climate changing world - where all is n ...
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The Science Museum
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London
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United Kingdom
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Science for all: popular science in the age of radio
How do you get ordinary people to take an interest in science? This was already becoming a problem for the scientific community in the early twntieth century. But rather than letting outsiders do the job, the scientists took an active role. They wrote educational books for series such as the Pelican paperbacks, and even the occasional bestseller. ...
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The Royal Society
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London
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United Kingdom
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