Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The Spirit of Inquiry: how the Cambridge Philosophical Society shaped modern science
Mon 25 November 2019
Department of Chemistry
A lecture by Dr Susannah Gibson, Author of “The Spirit of Inquiry” 200 years
of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
The fourth and final in a series of lectures organised by the Cambridge Philosophical Society in the Michaelmas Term 2019.
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.
The lecture is free (no booking required) and open to all who are interested and will be an excellent opportunity to hear an eminent scientist.
Signed copies of the Society's book will be available for purchase at the special discounted price of £5.00 to those attending the lecture.
Entrance to the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, is adjacent to the Scott Polar Research Institute on Lensfield Road
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Open to all who are interested, no booking required. Entrance is free to all our Cambridge Philosophical Society Lectures. For further information please contact the Executive Secretary or visit the Society's website
Enquiries: Beverley Larner Website Email: philosoc@hermes.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 334743