Jul 24, 2013
The Oxford Philosophical Society and the Royal Society: a meeting of minds?
41 minutes
Podcast · Inglés
Museum of the History of Science
Oxford University
The Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivaled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue of the collection and the building, the Museum occupies a special position, both in the study of the history of science and in the development of western culture and collecting.
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Apr 8, 2013
Body Clocks, Sleep and Light
1 hour 7 minutes
Apr 8, 2013
Who's to Blame for the Weather?
1 hour 2 minutes
Mar 11, 2013
Stormy Weather: Exploring Atmospheres in the Outer Solar System
55 minutes
Mar 11, 2013
The Invention of Clouds
58 minutes
Jul 2, 2012
Mercator: The Man who Mapped the Planet
55 minutes
Jul 2, 2012
Decimalising Time: Calendar and Clocks in the French Revolution
52 minutes
Oct 26, 2011
Simon Forman: astrology, Medicine and Quackery in Elizabethan England
54 minutes
Sep 20, 2011
From Alligator Wrestling to Fossil Skeletons: Scientific Eccentricity in the Early 19th Century
48 minutes
Jul 28, 2011
Crackpots and Eggheads: Eccentricity in Natural History
54 minutes
Apr 6, 2011
Al-Mizan: Mapping the Earth in Medieval Islam
56 minutes
Apr 6, 2011
Al-Mizan: Astrolabes in Cultural Context
52 minutes
Apr 1, 2011
Radio Manufacturing in the Interwar Years
56 minutes
Apr 1, 2011
Interview: Peter Scott on Marconi and Radio Manufacturing
16 minutes
Mar 3, 2009
Telescopes Now Lecture 1: The William Herschel and the Hubble telescopes
1 hour 22 minutes
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