Royal Society luminaries such as Sir Joseph Banks PRS and John Lindley FRS were vital in establishing plant science at Kew. All but two of Kew's directors have been Fellows, and Kew's...
David Livingstone FRS, missionary, explorer, doctor and natural historian, was a prolific correspondent. A team of experts is now publishing his letters online, including those in the Royal...
The Royal Society began with a group of men who were interested in natural phenomena and wanted to understand how their world worked - but they were not trained scientists. This talk will explore...
When balloons were invented, there was a lively debate about their possible uses. This talk introduces the spectrum of meanings that became attached to balloons, and shows how natural philosophers...
Bill Bryson, acclaimed author of 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' and winner of the 2004 Aventis Prize for Science Books, talks about how, in his biggest book, he confronted his...
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