Tom continues his antipodean tour, and there is a good opportunity to catch up with his interview on ABC Brisbane. He is talking with Steve Austin about faith, wisdom, science, and the role that medieval insights can play in modern science. Brian and Giles, meanwhile, will be talking today at the Royal Society, as part of theContinue reading “Podcasts and Public Lectures”
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David Howard at the Proms…
David Howard (University of York), and Ordered Universe stalwart, will be featured in a Proms Concert Interval programme, tonight, talking about his amazing research into human voice production and its reproduction by machines. ‘Singing Machines’ will be broadcast in the UK at about 19.10 and will be available on the BBC Radio 3 website forContinue reading “David Howard at the Proms…”
Ordered Universe in Australia
Tom McLeish will be giving a talk on the Ordered Universe project in Melbourne, at Monash University, 11th September (2015), in the South Lecture Theatre, 2.15-3.45. Tom will be speaking about the genesis and development of the project and some of the wonderful, surprising things that happen when you put medievalists and scientists together, toContinue reading “Ordered Universe in Australia”
AHRC Funding: Ordered Universe
This is a post I have been hoping very much to be able to make. The Ordered Universe is absolutely thrilled to hear and share the news from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK (AHRC) that our grant application for further, and much more extensive support, has been successful.
Ordered Universe at the Royal Society Public Lectures: Open House
The Ordered Universe, in the persons of Brian Tanner and Giles Gasper, will be delivering a public lecture at the Royal Society as part of its Open House Weekend.
Welomes: Joshua Harvey and Tim Farrant
The Ordered Universe is delighted to congratulate Joshua and Tim on their success in securing doctoral studentships as part of the Mental and Material Laboratories of 13th Century Science project, made possible through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and TORCH at the University of Oxford. We look forward to welcoming them into the Ordered Universe teamContinue reading “Welomes: Joshua Harvey and Tim Farrant”
Update: the Mental and Material Laboratory of 13th Century Science
The mental and material laboratory of 13th century science: an update from Clive Carol Harrison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Christ Church Clive Siviour, Engineering Science, Pembroke College Hannah Smithson, Experimental Psychology, Pembroke College Giles Gasper, Department of History, Durham University The overwhelming misconception of modern science graduates is that prior to the development ofContinue reading “Update: the Mental and Material Laboratory of 13th Century Science”
Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop
Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop. Read Tom’s full version of the Ordered Universe Conversation article written in tandem with our presentation at the Cheltenham Science Festival. The transmission of ideas between cultures within the ancient and medieval periods, as well as within the modern, are key aspects to the whole project. TheyContinue reading “Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop”
Travelling Wisdom – Ordered Universe
Earlier this year in May, Ordered Universe team members participated in a extremely interesting conference organised at the University of Southern Denmark, in Odense. The theme of ‘Travelling Wisdom: Medieval Science in the North c.1000-1500’, proved irresistible, especially when the Ordered Universe team, led by Brian Tanner, was invited to make the opening keynote presentation byContinue reading “Travelling Wisdom – Ordered Universe”
AHRC-Ordered Universe at the Cheltenham Science Festival
It was a enormous privilege to represent the AHRC at the Cheltenham Science Festival. From the first application to take the Ordered Universe project to the Festival, to the intensive media and presentation workshop at Polaris House, and then to working with the AHRC and Festival co-ordinators, it has been an exciting and supportive journey. TheContinue reading “AHRC-Ordered Universe at the Cheltenham Science Festival”