The workshop participants are gathering, and the Ordered Universe research project starts its next treatise formally on Thursday, but with a series of project meetings tomorrow.
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Public Lectures: On the Generation of Sounds
The public lectures for the Mahfouz Forum workshop on the Generation of Sound, will survey the work of the Ordered Universe team on the treatises On Colour, On Light and On the Rainbow. Two lectures, with a break in the middle, four speakers, and a drinks reception with demonstrations of the most recent work connected to On the Generation ofContinue reading “Public Lectures: On the Generation of Sounds”
On the Generation of Sounds
Our next workshop in the Ordered Universe series is just around the corner,beginning next week on Wednesday October 1st (with a meeting for the core team), and then a two-day workshop on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd, with a more relaxed Saturday morning. We are delighted that this workshop forms part of the Mahfouz InterdisciplinaryContinue reading “On the Generation of Sounds”
The Times Higher Education Awards: Ordered Universe
We’re very pleased and proud with the news that the Times Higher Education Awards, 2014 includes the Ordered Universe project on the shortlist for Research Project of the Year. Nominated by Durham University, the project is one of six to be shortlisted. The winners will be announced on Thursday 27th November, at a ceremony which takes place at theContinue reading “The Times Higher Education Awards: Ordered Universe”
Grosseteste at the 1st International Conference on the History of Physics
Last week in Cambridge, the cosmological model of Robert Grosseteste, based on a fundamental coupling of light and matter, was presented as a poster at the 1st International Conference on the History of Physics, organized by the Institute of Physics at Cambridge, Sept 4-5th, 2014. As the main focus of the conference was “Electromagnetism: the RoadContinue reading “Grosseteste at the 1st International Conference on the History of Physics”
Institute of Physics, International Conference on the History of Physics
The Institute of Physics, in collaboration with the EPS History of Physics Group has organised an International Conference on the History of Physics, which takes place in Cambridge, at Trinity College, September 4th-5th. The conference is the inaugural for a whole series dedicated to all aspects of the history of physics. The leading theme forContinue reading “Institute of Physics, International Conference on the History of Physics”
Physics World – Who was the first scientist?
The question ‘who was the first scientist’ crops up regularly in discussions connected with Grosseteste, a debate made famous by Crombie, with the strong rejoinders of Alexander Koyré. More often than not the question should be refined as ‘who was the first scientist in what has come to be defined as the western tradition’? There areContinue reading “Physics World – Who was the first scientist?”
Some summer news and what to do in San Quirico d’Orcia
A short post to pass on the congratulations of the Ordered Universe research team to Ulrike Nowak, who graduated with a first class degree in Philosophy and Psychology. Ulrike’s posts on this blog are among the most read, and have contributed a great deal to record of the Porto and Durham Teachers’ workshops. I’m veryContinue reading “Some summer news and what to do in San Quirico d’Orcia”
Nature Physics Commentary – All the Colours of the Rainbow
The latest Ordered Universe publication is out; a second piece in Nature, this time in Nature Physics. ‘All the Colours of the Rainbow’, which was principally authored by Hannah Smithson and Tom McLeish, with Giles Gasper, provides the outline of the way in which Grosseteste’s thought on colour moves between the De colore ‘On Colour’ and the De iride ‘On the Rainbow’, andContinue reading “Nature Physics Commentary – All the Colours of the Rainbow”
Asgill Press and the Dicta of Grosseteste
Gordon Jackson’s Asgill Press has an interesting and varied list of publications, including Gorden’s own poetry and liturgical works, as well as translations of a number of Grosseteste’s sermons. He has also translated the whole of the Dicta, using the transcription of MS Bodley 798 made available by Joe Goering for the Electronic Grosseteste website,Continue reading “Asgill Press and the Dicta of Grosseteste”