London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...
Danish Fairy Tales? From Andersen and the Copenhagen consensus towards a theory of commerce What are markets and why do they matter? What would...
Humanity and a Million Years of Sea Level Change Homo sapiens evolved over the last million years during which...
Sir Robert Moray - Soldier, scientist, spy, freemason and founder of The Royal Society Sir Robert Moray brought together members of Gresham College, rich...
From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet...
Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...