THEME Science, engineering and innovation
C17th Human Dissection and Resurectionists
The enlightenment period of the C17th brought with it a new approach to science based on observation and experimentation and with that came the practice of human dissection in open observation anatomical theatres.
Read MoreWellcome Trust Mapping Britain’s Genealogy
The Wellcome Trust’s map of British Genealogy reveals some fascinating insights into the DNA make up of the British Isles and heralds a whole new area of scientific and historical research. Just how Anglo Saxon are we? Go and see for yourself at The Royal Society’s summer exhibition.
Read MoreForetelling The Future. The Science of Hooke and Higgs
Robert Hooke’s memorial tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, calls Hooke ‘One of the most ingenious men who ever lived’, Hooke had the ability to creatively question science, to prompt debate and hopefully to make others think about future developments, even hundreds of years after his death. Peter Higgs never thought that his theories and predictions would be realized in his lifetime, just like Hooke and other great scientists his work has paved the way for others to think creatively and the result has been the discovery of the Higg’s Boson.
Read MoreHow the Higgs Boson Particle Was Found
History in the making a little about CERN and how the Higgs Boson is just a bonus because CERN already gave us the internet…:)
Read MoreCholera on the streets of 19th Century London
Mid C19th and the streets of London were filled with filth and disease. Poor science exacerbated the problem until the work of people such as John Snow and Joseph Bazalgette turned the situation around.
Read MoreJoseph Bazalgette Engineer Saviour of London
Joseph Bazagette, brilliant engineer and progressive thinker who saved London from the morass of disease and squalor it found itself in, in the C19th.
Read MoreHistorical Significance of C20th Science, Bletchley Park and the WWW
What technological advances in the C20th will be seen to have made the biggest impact on society?
Read MoreRichard Feynman Physicist or artist, you decide…
Richard Freynman, physicist and artist, the two combined in a vortex of brilliance
Read MoreCodes and Deciphering that Changed the Course of History
The work of code makers and code breakers has had an enormous impact in determining the course of history.
Read MoreIsambard Kingdom Brunel’s Box Tunnel
The incredible engineering feat of the Brunel Box Tunnel in Wiltshire is humbling when you realise amongst other things that it was constructed by candlelight….
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