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Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Humphry Davy, and the Age of Wonder

 

  • 13 March 2009, 13:00 - 14:00
Add to Calendar 03/13/09 01:00 PM 03/13/09 02:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Humphry Davy, and the Age of Wonder <p>Public lecture by Prof. David Knight, Dept. of Philosophy, Durham University</p> The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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Public lecture by Prof. David Knight, Dept. of Philosophy, Durham University

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How do individual lives illuminate an age? This talk will reflect on the relationship between biography and history, using two of Britain's greatest scientists as examples.

Speaker: Prof. David Knight, Dept. of Philosophy, Durham University