About the organisers
Nick Battey, Professor of Plant Development at the University of Reading Cultivating common ground is, for me, about finding ways to combine the approaches and skills of two cultures (biology and the...
View ArticleThe good in ‘bad science’
For many years I was reluctant to admit to strangers that I was a historian. This made getting a haircut a frequent source of torment: “Not working today?” the barber would ask. “No,” I’d reply in the...
View Article‘See, this is what we do: terrific, isn’t it?’
This self-regarding refrain is the recommended response for defending the humanities proposed by Stefan Collini in his recently published What are Universities For? (Penguin, 2012). The book is a ‘must...
View ArticleWhat is the value of studying history to the pursuit of science?
Cicero’s famous remark – ‘Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child’ – might serve as the motto for historians, but how often is that sentiment echoed by scientists...
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