Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture

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Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
Awarded forPrize lecture given on a subject relating to the history, philosophy or social function of science.
Sponsored byRoyal Society
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The Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture is a public lecture organised annually by the Royal Society of London.

It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Wilkins Lecture, the Bernal Lecture and the Medawar Lecture. The subject matter for the lecture is some aspect of the social function of science as per the Bernal Lecture, the philosophy of science as per the Medawar Lecture or the history of science as per the Wilkins Lecture.

List of lecturers[]

Year Name Lecture Notes
2007 Jeremy Butterfield The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics[1] [2]
2008 Sian Ede Hard questions : Contemporary art and the obsession with science [2]
2009 David Edgerton The social function of history: policy, history and twentieth-century science [2]
2010 Melvyn Bragg Notes from an Amateur: On the History of the Royal Society[3] [2]
2012 Roger Highfield Heroes of science[4] [2]
2015 Hasok Chang Who cares about the History of Science?[5] [2]
2016 The curious history of curiosity-driven research [6]
2017 Michela Massimi Why philosophy of science matters to science [6]
2018 Life begins at 40: the biological and cultural roots of the midlife crisis [6]
2019 Simon Schaffer Defining science through history. [6]
2020 Jim Al-Khalili for his exceptional work in explaining complex ideas in modern physics in an approachable way, his contributions to televised histories of electricity and quantum physics, and his work ranging from very recent history of science to the history of Arabic science [6]
2021 June Barrow-Green for her research in 19th and 20th century mathematics, notably on historical roots of modern computing, dynamical systems and the three-body problem. Her work places special emphasis on the under-representation of women in historical narratives and in contemporary mathematics. Her recent work includes decolonising of the mathematical curriculum [6]

References[]

  1. ^ The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics by Jeremy Butterfield on YouTube, 2012-09-26
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture". Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  3. ^ Bragg, M. (2010). "Wilkins Medawar Bernal Lecture 2010 * Observations of an Amateur on the History of the Royal Society 1660-2010". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 64 (3): 201–212. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2010.0018. ISSN 0035-9149.
  4. ^ Heroes of Science by Roger Highfield on YouTube, 2012-09-26
  5. ^ Who cares about the history of science? on YouTube
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture".
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