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A sobering study of the arts-science divide in post-war English secondary and higher education, and of the frustrations and disappointments experienced by many scientists in Whitehall during the 1960s and...
Historians and sociologists of science gleefully dissect many of the myths and legends of scientific discovery, and look at science as a fertile source of many of the images, myths and ideologies which...
The ‘Encyclopédie’ is probably one of the greatest single enterprises of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Edited by Diderot and d’Alembert, it was published in France between 1751 and 1772. Giles...
Sarah Dunant chairs a round table discussion about science’s claims to unique cognitive status and its place in contemporary society and culture. With Professor Lewis Wolpert, Dr Jonathan Miller, Dr Robert...
The third of four programmes for Science Week. The regular review of cultural highlights of the month, with a scientific theme.
The first of four programmes for Science Week looks at space exploration.
The fourth, concluding, programme for Science Week on the theme of how science is affecting the way we understand our culture.
The second of four programmes for Science Week. Philosopher Ray Monk asks how brain research is affecting our ideas about who we are and scientist Richard Dawkins traces the rise of the cultural virus; and...
Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...
Are newspaper headlines and their stories to be believed? Recent examples include ‘British breakthrough likely to end asthma suffering’, ‘Vitamin K linked to child cancer’, and ‘Astronomers find...
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