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Transatlantic Scientific Communication in an Age of Revolution
Transatlantic Scientific Communication in an Age of Revolution
This talk will examine how scientific knowledge was communicated between North America and Europe during a period of great social upheaval. Sociable fellowship, rather than technological developments, underpinned transatlantic communication of scientific knowledge. Joseph Banks FRS was a prime example: his world-wide friendships made him a human hub of transatlantic and intra-European scientific communication.
Speaker: Margaret Meredith, Visiting scholar at Universiteit Maastricht