Why Society Needs Astronomy and Cosmology 'One day, Sir, you may tax it': Faraday's prescient quip...
Eye on the Future: How can modern scientific knowledge help to prevent blindness Gene therapy, stem cells antibodies, RNA interference and nanotechnology have...
Ancient Reading in an Historical Context This lecture will explore the varying ways in which people...
The Meaning of Everything: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words...
London - The Forgotten Hanseatic City: The Material Culture The second part of the symposium included the following talks...
A Cosmic Perspective: Four Centuries of Expanding Horizons The 'curious and ingenious' men who met at Gresham College...