Tom, Hannah and Giles had an absolutely wonderful time at the Cheltenham Science Festival. As part of the AHRC partnership with the Festival the Ordered Universe presented Grosseteste’s scientific works and the collaboration between modern scientists and medievalists to an engaged and packed audience. Chaired by Professor Robert Winston, the talk and question and answerContinue reading “Ordered Universe-AHRC at the Cheltenham Science Festival…in pictures”
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Cheltenham Science Festival…Today!
The Ordered Universe will be presenting later today at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Tom, Hannah and Giles will talk with Lord Professor Robert Winston, and with the audience on the project, Grosseteste and Science and Humanities in collaboration. The project was selected by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of its partnership with theContinue reading “Cheltenham Science Festival…Today!”
Richard Bower: Public Lecture – Comparative Cosmologies
Richard Bower’s public lecture from the last Ordered Universe workshop in Lincoln, from the Chapter House of the Cathedral is now available. All those that were there and want to revisit the lecture will now be able to, and for those who were not able to be there, this is a real treat. De luce, theContinue reading “Richard Bower: Public Lecture – Comparative Cosmologies”
Cantus Infirmus in action
Cantus Infirmus, Perotin, and Grosseteste…
Comparative Cosmologies: Robert Grosseteste and Modern Cosmology
Richard Bower’s public lecture during the Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste University, workshop took place in the Chapter House, almost directly underneath a 19th century window of Grosseteste in reforming action. Having given the Grosseteste Day lecture in October 2013, this was a return Lincoln visit for Richard. His new lecture took the audience from the medieval universe,Continue reading “Comparative Cosmologies: Robert Grosseteste and Modern Cosmology”
Lincoln Workshop in Pictures
It is now just over six weeks since the workshop on the Liberal Arts in Lincoln; thoughts are still buzzing about the discussions and the treatises, and what the nature of inter-disciplinary research actually consists of, as well as the delight in new discoveries, learning and having one’s eyes well and truly opened. Here areContinue reading “Lincoln Workshop in Pictures”
Living in an Ordered Universe
The De artibus liberalibus (On the Liberal Arts) has felt somewhat different from the three treatises that the Ordered Universe group had looked at before. Unlike the De colore, the De iride, the De luce and the De generatione sonorum, the De artibus liberalibus isn’t primarily aimed at elucidating a phenomenon of natural order –Continue reading “Living in an Ordered Universe”
Singing for the Lincolnite
Grosseteste speaks in the De artibus liberalibus – On the Liberal Arts of the healing power of music, as part of a psychological study on proportion, harmony and the exercise of will and passion. As part of the workshop in Lincoln (hosted at and by Bishop Grosseteste University) next week, the newly formed ‘Cantus [In]firmus’ willContinue reading “Singing for the Lincolnite”
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival Programme Online
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival programme has been released online. A tremendous number of events, from Brian Cox, to Dinosaur Wars, Hacking and Big Data, Quantum Technology, and Robert Grosseteste. Tom, Hannah and Giles will be presenting ‘Grosseteste: The Greatest Mind You’ve Never Heard Of‘ (not that this applies to any readers of this blog!)Continue reading “The Times Cheltenham Science Festival Programme Online”
Comparative Cosmologies: Robert Grosseteste and Modern Cosmology
Professor Richard Bower, stalwart of the Ordered Universe project, and a senior member of the Durham Institute of Computational Cosmology, will be delivering a public lecture in the Chapter House, Lincoln Cathedral, at 6.30 pm, on April 9th. Richard’s title: ‘Comparative Cosmologies: Robert Grosseteste and Modern Cosmology‘ reflects the on-going engagement of the Ordered Universe projectContinue reading “Comparative Cosmologies: Robert Grosseteste and Modern Cosmology”