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Robert FitzRoy FRS: sailing into the storm

 

  • 02 November 2007, 13:00 - 14:00
Add to Calendar 11/02/07 01:00 PM 11/02/07 02:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Robert FitzRoy FRS: sailing into the storm <p>Public lecture by Dr John Gribbin, University of Sussex</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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Public lecture by Dr John Gribbin, University of Sussex

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Dr John Gribbin, University of Sussex
 

John Gribbin is the author of more than a hundred books of popular science, including FitzRoy: the remarkable story of Darwin's Captain and the invention of the weather forecast'. In this talk, he discusses FitzRoy's career as captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist.