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Dr Susannah Gibson, Author of The Spirit of Inquiry, 18:00 - 19:00
Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00
The Spirit of Inquiry: how the Cambridge Philosophical Society shaped modern science
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Susannah Gibson, Author of The Spirit of Inquiry, 18:00 - 19:00
- 📅 Date & Time: Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:00
- 📍 Venue: Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
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Abstract
Abstract as follows: Today, Cambridge is recognised as a world-leading centre for science, but it wasn’t always so. Discover how science in Cambridge developed thanks to the work of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and hear of the ground-breaking research presented at its meetings over the last 200 years, from Charles Darwin’s Beagle letters to Lawrence Bragg’s x-ray crystallography.
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