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Peter Jones

Medieval Universities

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John Worrall

Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change

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Daniel Kontowski

Classical Education

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Marzena Szymanska

Superfluidity of Light

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Jonathan Birch

Animal Sentience

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Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities

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Peter Jones

Education in the Middle Ages

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Jeffrey Taylor

Scientific Examination of Art

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Peter Jones

Student Life in the Medieval Universities

Popper and Kuhn on Theory Change

Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on the scientific revolutions, falsifiability and what are the main features of a scientific hypothesis

Aristotle’s Biology

Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi on the first studies of animal anatomy, ancient works on nature and the influence Aristotle has made on the modern biology

Theory-Change and Scientific Realism

Professor of Philosophy of Science John Worrall on scientific revolutions, continuity of science, and the change of Newtonian physics by Einstein's theory

Science and Spectacle in the 18th Century Russia

Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian Academy of Sciences, the foundation of Saint Petersburg, and the application of a spectacle in order to develop scientific tradition

Russian Voyages and James Cook

Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian maritime empire, sale of Alaska, and the role of trade in reclamation of remote lands

Cognitive Neuroscience

Neuroscientist Neil Burgess on the origin of neuroscience, drugs in clinical psychology, and the revolution in molecular biology

Globes and Representations of the Cosmos

Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on a history of the globe, antique representation of the Universe, and Ptolemy’s armillary sphere

The Size of the Universe

Cosmologist Martin Rees on the history of astronomy, first nanoseconds of the universe and the theory of multiple Big Bangs

Medieval Mapping

Historian Alessandro Scafi on the Medieval knowledge about spherical form of the Earth, compass points on medieval maps, and role of history in mapping

Ancient Greek and Roman Science

Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on the definition of science, Aristotle, and the ancient ideas about volcanoes

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