Jun 12
‘Mind Maps: Stories from Psychology explores how mental health conditions have been diagnosed and treated over the past 250 years. Divided into four episodes between 1780 and 2014, this exhibition looks at key breakthroughs in scientists’ understanding of the mind and the tools and methods of treatment that have been developed, from Mesmerism to Electroconvulsive …
May 20
It was in the mid-sixteenth century when the Royal Navy first used the riparian areas surrounding the River Medway for the construction, repair and storage of its ships, with the first warship, the Sunne, launched in 1586. From that time until now the dockyard on the Chatham shore has been in near-constant use building ships …
Apr 30
For those who are fans of sci-fi, or interested in how sci-fi plays into the history of science, there are some things you might want to take a look at. Firstly, this Friday there is a free lunchtime lecture at the Royal Society on “The Royal Society and science fiction”, being given by Professor Farah Mendlesohn, …
Sep 06
TED is a genius brand. It’s creative, radical, iconoclastic, open to all. Plus, it sounds like a furry bear, and who – except those who routinely steal candy from children – could dislike one of those? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and it was begun as a conference at which developers in those fields …
Mar 06
Ernest Rutherford was having none of it: he was very anxious that everyone knew his results were down to him and nothing else. On hearing ‘Lucky fellow, Rutherford, always on the crest of a wave,’ he is said to have replied, wittily, ‘Well, I made the wave, didn’t I?’[1] But Rutherford aside, many of our …
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