Wilkins Lecture

A Wilkins Lecture foi uma palestra organizada pela Royal Society de Londres sobre história da ciência, denominada em memória de John Wilkins, o primeiro secretário da sociedade. A última Wilkins lecture foi apresentada em 2003, sendo depois fundida com a Bernal Lecture e a Medawar Lecture ara formar a Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture.[1]

Lista de palestrantes

Ano Nome Lecture Notas
1948Davies, John David GriffithJohn David Griffith DaviesJohn Wilkins and the Royal Society.
1949Andrade, EdwardEdward AndradeRobert Hooke.
1950Cole, FrancisFrancis ColeThe history of micro-dissection.
1952Hartley, Harold BrewerHarold Brewer HartleySir Humphry Davy, Bt, P.R.S.
1955Schonland, BasilBasil SchonlandBenjamin Franklin, natural philosopher.
1958Needham, JosephJoseph NeedhamThe missing link in horological history: a Chinese contribution.
1961Beer, Gavin Rylands deGavin Rylands de BeerThe origins of Darwins ideas on evolution and natural selection.
1964Santillana, Giorgio deGiorgio de SantillanaGalileo today.
1967Keynes, GeoffreyGeoffrey KeynesBacon, Harvey, and the originators of the Royal Society.
1970Jones, Reginald VictorReginald Victor JonesThe plain story of James Watt.
1973Hall, Alfred RupertAlfred Rupert HallNewton and his editors.
1976Gowing, MargaretMargaret GowingScience, technology and education: England in 1870.
1979Whitteridge, GwenethGweneth WhitteridgeOn the local movement of animals.
1982Smith, SydneySydney SmithOne hundred years after Charles Darwin.
1985Stearn, William ThomasWilliam Thomas StearnJohn Wilkins, John Ray and Carl Linnaeus.
1988Landes, DavidDavid LandesBrain and hand in the development of technology of time-measurement.
1991Mason, Stephen FinneyStephen Finney MasonBishop John Wilkins FRS.
1994Chapman, AllanAllan ChapmanEdmond Halley as a historian of science.
1997King-Hele, DesmondDesmond King-HeleErasmus Darwin, the Lunatiks and evolution.
2000Porter, RoyRoy PorterReflections on scientific and medical futurology since the time of John Wilkins.
2003Jardine, LisaLisa JardineDr Wilkins's boy wonders.

Referências

  1. «The 2010 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture». The Royal Society. Consultado em 14 de agosto de 2010
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