Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
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The Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture is a public lecture organised annually by the Royal Society of London. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Wilkins Lecture
, the Bernal Lecture
and the Medawar Lecture
. The subject matter for the lecture is some aspect of the social function of science as per the Bernal Lecture
, the philosophy of science as per the Medawar Lecture
or the history of science as per the Wilkins Lecture
.
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|2008 ||||Hard questions : Contemporary art and the obsession with science||align=center| —
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|2009 ||||The social function of history: policy, history and twentieth-century science||align=center| —
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|2010 |||| Notes from an Amateur: On the History of the Royal Society||align=center| —
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Wilkins Lecture
The Wilkins Lecture was a lecture organised by the Royal Society of London on the subject of the history of science and named after John Wilkins, the first Secretary of the Society. The last Wilkins lecture was delivered in 2003, after which it was merged with the Bernal Lecture and the Medawar...
, the Bernal Lecture
Bernal Lecture
The Bernal Lecture was an annual lecture on the social function of science organised by the Royal Society of London and endowed by Professor John Desmond Bernal. It was last delivered in 2004, after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and Medawar Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar...
and the Medawar Lecture
Medawar Lecture
The Medawar Lecture was an annual lecture on the philosophy of science organised by the Royal Society of London in memory of Sir Peter Medawar. It was last delivered in 2004 after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and the Bernal Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture. - List...
. The subject matter for the lecture is some aspect of the social function of science as per the Bernal Lecture
Bernal Lecture
The Bernal Lecture was an annual lecture on the social function of science organised by the Royal Society of London and endowed by Professor John Desmond Bernal. It was last delivered in 2004, after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and Medawar Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar...
, the philosophy of science as per the Medawar Lecture
Medawar Lecture
The Medawar Lecture was an annual lecture on the philosophy of science organised by the Royal Society of London in memory of Sir Peter Medawar. It was last delivered in 2004 after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and the Bernal Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture. - List...
or the history of science as per the Wilkins Lecture
Wilkins Lecture
The Wilkins Lecture was a lecture organised by the Royal Society of London on the subject of the history of science and named after John Wilkins, the first Secretary of the Society. The last Wilkins lecture was delivered in 2003, after which it was merged with the Bernal Lecture and the Medawar...
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List of lecturers
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|2008 ||||Hard questions : Contemporary art and the obsession with science||align=center| —
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|2009 ||||The social function of history: policy, history and twentieth-century science||align=center| —
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|2010 |||| Notes from an Amateur: On the History of the Royal Society||align=center| —
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