China’s Space Programme: Ambition and Concern What are the Chinese space ambitions? Should the rest of...
How we reached the Moon: Mankind’s incredible achievement Current plans by both NASA and ESA's Aurora project propose...
Sir Robert Moray - Soldier, scientist, spy, freemason and founder of The Royal Society Sir Robert Moray brought together members of Gresham College, rich...
Michelangelo, Copernicus and the Sistine Chapel It is argued that Copernicus’ theory of the sun-centred universe...
Planes and pacifism: Activities and attitudes of British mathematicians during WWI The First World War was the first time that war...
Discovering Australia: The legend and the reality of the navigator-explorer Matthew Flinders Matthew Flinders is remembered as one of Britain’s greatest navigator-explorers...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...