The Lisbon Earthquake: Two hundred and fifty years on On 1 November 1755, Lisbon was devastated by a massive...
Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel It is argued that Copernicus’ theory of the sun-centred universe...
The Economics of the Very Long Run: From Fire to Finance in Two Million Years An economist's view of two million years of human history...
The Beginning and the End: Images of the Universe Creation and Last Judgement, or Big Bang and Gravitational Collapse...
Artefacts and the Study of Life in Roman London From jewellery and domestic utensils to weaponry and religious objects...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...
John Colet and Sir Thomas More: The Publishing Trade in London in the Early 16th Century In 1509 John Colet and Thomas More joined the Mercers'...