Early Science: An Historical Perspective (2010)

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source: GreshamCollege           2011年8月22日
A selection of the talks given at the November 2010 symposium on Early Science, held in partnership between Gresham College and Wadham College, Oxford. It was a Symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of The Royal Society, examining the early days of Wadham College, Gresham College and The Royal Society, together with the life and work of some of the founders of The Royal Society. The full programme can be accessed on the Gresham College website in two parts: Part 1 - http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and... Part 2 - http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and...

1 23:28 The Early Professors of Geometry at Gresham College - Professor Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson, Emeritus Gresham Professor of Geometry, gives an overview of the early Professors of Geometry at Gresham College.
2 25:41 The Setting up of The Royal Society - Professor Michael Hunter
3 17:40 Music from the Samuel Pepys Collection - David Owen Norris, Belinda Williams and Andrew Lyle
4 25:13 Robert Hooke, Early Science and Surveying - Professor Michael Cooper
5 30:04 Wadham and Wren - Professor Lisa Jardine
6 35:03 The Early Mathematical Instruments of the Royal Society - Dr Jim Bennett