London 1616: a snapshot of London early in James 1's reign This talk was given by Dr Ann Saunders, a leading...
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...
The importance of being peripheral The maths of surfaces and boundaries. Queen Dido's problem. The...
Now the dust has settled: A view of Robert Hooke post-2003 The tercentenary in 2003 of Hooke's death saw a flurry...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...
Why the Enlightenment still matters today “The Enlightenment” has been regarded as a turning point in...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
Germs, Genes and Genesis: The History of Infectious Disease Where do infectious diseases come from? Some come from animals...