Giles Gasper, Durham University; Hannah Smithson, University of Oxford, and Tom McLeish, Durham University The idea that science isn’t a process of constant progress might make some modern scientists feel a bit twitchy. Surely we know more now than we did 100 years ago? We’ve sequenced the genome, explored space and considerably lengthened the averageContinue reading “The next scientific breakthrough could come from the history books”
Category Archives: Publications
Listening Between the Lines
The Ordered Universe project has a new publication. Giles, Tom and Hannah wrote a reflective piece on the project, exploring the interdisciplinary nature of its aims and practice, and how the collaborative reading (and writing) work in practice. The article is now published, in Palgrave Communications, and, as open access, can be read or freely
New Publication: Grosseteste and Religious and Scientific Learning
Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific learning in the Middle-Ages. (Springer 2016) Eds. Jack P. Cunningham & M. Hocknull. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33468, ISBN 978-3-319-33466-0. No. of pages 401. No. of illustrations 16 colour. £86.00. July 2016 will see the publication of the proceedings of the 3rd international Robert Grosseteste Conference which took placeContinue reading “New Publication: Grosseteste and Religious and Scientific Learning”
Solomon Ibn Gabriol: New Volume Proposed
News of a planned volume of essays on Solomon Ibn Gabriol (1021/2 -1050/70), a Jewish poet and philosopher from Muslim Iberia. Known to the Latin West as Avicenbron, and especially for his treatise the Fons vitae translated into Latin by ibn Daud and Dominicus Gundissalinus. The treatise was of some influence on Grosseteste, notably in the DeContinue reading “Solomon Ibn Gabriol: New Volume Proposed”
Interdisciplinary Lessons
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Working from Medieval Science is a short piece reflecting on some of the interdisciplinary practice we have developed within the Ordered Universe project by Tom McLeish and Giles Gasper. We’ve drawn together some of the lessons that we have learnt, and some that we hope might be of use to others in similar contexts.
AHRC 10th Anniversary: Ordered Universe and Science in Culture
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has produced a fascinating brochure on some of the projects it has funded over the course of the last decade, now available in an online version. The Ordered Universe features as one of the projects, under the Science in Culture theme, on pages 83-84 (if you want to takeContinue reading “AHRC 10th Anniversary: Ordered Universe and Science in Culture”
Book Launch: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
A notice of a special event for Philippa Hoskin and the Lincoln Record Society: On Friday 11th Sept. 2015 the Lincoln Record Society will be launching their much anticipated, Robert Grosseteste as Bishop of Lincoln: The Episcopal Rolls 1235-1253. Ed. Philippa M. Hoskin, Pub. Boydell & Brewer. The event is free (including parking) and light refreshment will beContinue reading “Book Launch: Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln”
Ordered Universe Presents…
Ordered Universe presents the two, joint, public lectures from earlier this year at the Mahfouz Forum for Interdisciplinary Studies, Pembroke College, Oxford. After a lovely introduction from the Master, Dame Lynne Brindley, we gave two linked presentations. The first, involving Tom, Giles and Richard, ‘Forming the Body of the Cosmos: Robert Grosseteste’s ‘On Light’ focusedContinue reading “Ordered Universe Presents…”
The Medieval Cosmos – Visualising Grosseteste’s Universe
The Being Human Festival was the occasion for the first public showing of our visualisation of the medieval cosmos. Currently in a 2D format, a 3D version is under development.
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”