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11	Negotiating progress : promoting 'modern' physics in Britain, 1900-1940 Clarke, Imogen January 2012 (has links) The first four decades of the twentieth century was a period of rapid development in physics. The late nineteenth century discoveries of X-rays, Becquerel rays and subatomic particles had revealed new properties of matter, and the early twentieth century quantum and relativity theories added to the notion that the discipline was undergoing a fundamental change in thought and practice. Historians and scientists alike have retrospectively conceived of a sharp divide between nineteenth century and twentieth century physics, applying the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ to distinguish between these two practices. However, recent scholarship has suggested that early twentieth century physicists did not see this divide as self-evident, and in fact were responsible for consciously constructing these categories and definitions. This thesis explores the creation of the terms ‘classical’ and ‘modern’ physics in Britain, and the physicists responsible. I consider how these terms were employed in ‘public’ arenas (lectures, books, newspapers, museums) influencing the wider reception of ‘modern’ physics. I consider not only the rhetorics employed by ‘modern’ physicists, but also those we would now consider to be ‘classical’, revealing a diverse range of potential definitions of ‘modern’ physics. Furthermore, even within the ‘modernists’ themselves, there was considerable disagreement over how their work was to be presented, as industrially applicable, or of value simply as intellectual knowledge in and of itself. There were also different notions of how scientific ‘progress’ should be portrayed, whether knowledge advanced through experimental refinement or theoretical work. Early twentieth century ‘modern’ physics appeared to discard long held theories, rejecting much of the discipline’s past. As such, physicists’ connection to the legacy of Newton was under threat. Furthermore, the instability of science more generally was revealed: if physicists had shown the old theories to be wrong, then why should the new ones be any different? This had severe implications as to how the public placed ‘trust’ in science. I explore how physicists carefully managed the ‘public’ transition from ‘classical’ to ‘modern’ physics, regaining public trust during a period of scientific ‘revolution’ and controversy. 530
12	Um estudo sobre o salitre na Inglaterra do século XVII / A study about the saltpeter in the seventeenth century England Silva, Nei da 07 October 2009 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nei da Silva.pdf: 516447 bytes, checksum: 6d666c266e984fe810adc14be330d706 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-07 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / In seventeenth-century England, the saltpeter was one of the most studied materials, for its commercial value and the issues involving its origin and obtaining. At mid-century, the British dependence in saltpetre export took several science men to engage attempt in the studies and researchs on this material. Among these scholars, we will accent important studies groups worried about commonweal, as Samuel Hartlib and his associates; which would become the Royal Society of London; and, still, scholars as Benjamin Worsley , Robert Boyle and Thomas Henshaw / Na Inglaterra do século XVII, o salitre era um dos materiais mais estudados, por seu valor comercial e pelas questões que envolviam sua origem e sua obtenção. Em meados do século, a dependência inglesa na exportação de salitre levou vários homens de ciência a empenharem esforços nos estudos e pesquisas sobre esse material. Entre esses estudiosos, daremos ênfase a importantes grupos de estudo que se preocupavam com o bem-comum como foi o de Samuel Hartlib e seus associados; o do que se transformaria na Royal Society de Londres; e, ainda, o de estudiosos como Benjamin Worsley, Robert Boyle e Thomas Henshaw Círculo de Hartlib Inglaterra seiscentista História da química Royal Society (Gra-Bretanha) Salitre Hartlib circle Saltpeter studies Seventeenth century England Chemistry history Royal society CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA
13	The architects of eighteenth century English freemasonry, 1720-1740 Berman, Richard Andrew January 2010 (has links) Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, ‘Free and Accepted’ Masonry rapidly became part of Britain’s national profile and the largest and arguably the most influential of Britain’s extensive clubs and societies. The new organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it, but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression and transmission of the political and religious views of those at its centre, and for the scientific Enlightenment concepts that they championed. The ‘Craft’ also offered a channel through which many sought to realise personal aspirations: social, intellectual and financial. Through an examination of relevant primary and secondary documentary evidence, this thesis seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of contemporary English political and social culture, and to explore the manner in which Freemasonry became a mechanism that promoted the interests of the Hanoverian establishment and connected and bound a number of élite metropolitan and provincial figures. A range of networks centred on the aristocracy, parliament, the magistracy and the learned and professional societies are studied, and key individuals instrumental in spreading and consolidating the Masonic message identified. The thesis also explores the role of Freemasonry in the development of the scientific Enlightenment. The evidence suggests that Freemasonry should be recognised not only as the most prominent of the many eighteenth century fraternal organisations, but also as a significant cultural vector and a compelling component of the social, economic, scientific and political transformation then in progress. 942
14	Preâmbulo, estabelecimento e consequências de uma expedição britânica no Brasil: a Expedição Mato Grosso (1967-1969) Haag, Carlos Alberto Martins 25 March 2015 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Alberto Martins Haag.pdf: 581079 bytes, checksum: 50d94ced6bcf823448ff9aa96f23908a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Between 1967 and 1969, invited by Fundação Brasil Central, an ad hoc expediton of The Royal Society and The Royal Geographical Society, known as the Mato Grosso Expedition, came to Brazil. The expedition‟s researches were closely related to the Brazilian military regime‟s plans to occupy and develop the so called Brasil Central. The documentation of the Mato Grosso Expedition shows the resumption of post colonial practices and the movement of a so called pure science towards an applied science according to the national developmentist project. The expedition also shows the maintenance of the british prospecting model in untouched territories and their consequences to science / Entre 1967 e 1969, a convite da Fundação Brasil Central, veio ao Brasil a expedição conjunta Royal Society/Royal Geographical Society, conhecida como Expedição Mato Grosso . Os estudos feitos pelo grupo de cientistas ligaram-se estreitamente ao projeto desenvolvimento de ocupação do Centro-Oeste brasileiro pelo governo militar e a documentação sobre a expedição revela a retomada de práticas pós-coloniais e a passagem da ciência pura para uma ciência aplicada nos moldes do desejado para o projeto desenvolvimentista nacional. A análise da Expedição Mato Grosso mostra a manutenção do modelo britânico de prospecção de territórios ainda intocados e suas consequências sobre a ciência Expedição Mato Grosso Ciência Imperial Estudos de solo History of Science Mato Grosso Expedition Imperial Science The Royal Society The Royal Geographical Society Soil Studies
15	L’imaginaire évolutionniste dans les Mémoires de la Société royale du Canada (1882-1894) Cadieux, David 08 1900 (has links) No description available. Évolutionnisme Société royale du Canada Anthropologie Autochtones Linguistique Paradigme Evolutionism Royal Society of Canada Anthropology Native Canadians linguistics paradigm
16	Monsters, News, and Knowledge Transfer in Early Modern England Dirks-Schuster, Whitney Marie January 2013 (has links) No description available. History monster monstrous birth early modern England Europe knowledge transfer conjoined twin cheap print print culture manuscript culture visual culture material culture Philosophical Transactions Royal Society of London gossip commonplace book
17	Newswire Vice President Research, Office of the 12 1900 (has links) UBC's Drs. Walter Hardy, Doug Bonn and Ruixing Liang were awarded the 2006 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. A partnership between Dr. Helen Burt's reseach laboratory and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals has earned the 2006 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation. Walter Hardy Doug Bonn Ruixing Liang NSERC Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. Helen Burt Royal Society of Canada Clyde Hertzman Eva-Marie Kröller Sarah P. Otto William Rees Laurence Ricou Natalie Strynadka Yu Tian Wang Brain Research Centre
18	Winging It: Human Flight in the Long Eighteenth Century Jones, Jared January 2019 (has links) No description available. British and Irish Literature Folklore European Studies European History Experiments History Literature Museums Philosophy of Science Physics Science History Technology Theater History Theater World History Aerospace Engineering Aeronomy American Literature Astronomy Comparative Literature Engineering Foreign Language Germanic Literature Language Mechanical Engineering eighteenth century flight literature science aeronautics Restoration early modern Romanticism Wilkins Cavendish Shadwell Behn Blake Shelley Royal Society sylph folklore Swift Montgolfier Katterfelto pantomime Dibdin balloon wing
19	Newswire Vice President Research, Office of the January 2009 (has links) No description available. Jumping spiders Kaijende Uplands spider venom Wayne Maddison Geoexchange System BioSciences Renew Project Sea Around Us Project ocean temperature William Cheung Pacific Carbon Trust PCT Offsetters Clean Technology Inc. greenhouse gas emissions Mike Harcourt SDTC Solar Canopy Illumination System Lorne Whitehead plant evolution marine algae lignin Patrick Martone Royal Society of London George Sawatzky Order of Canada Victor Ling Timothy Oke David Sweet Max Cynader Ross Petty Harold Adams Innis Prize Tina Loo Killam Prize Sherrill Grace
20	Peter Guthrie Tait : new insights into aspects of his life and work : and associated topics in the history of mathematics Lewis, Elizabeth Faith January 2015 (has links) In this thesis I present new insights into aspects of Peter Guthrie Tait's life and work, derived principally from largely-unexplored primary source material: Tait's scrapbook, the Tait–Maxwell school-book and Tait's pocket notebook. By way of associated historical insights, I also come to discuss the innovative and far-reaching mathematics of the elusive Frenchman, C.-V. Mourey. P. G. Tait (1831–1901) F.R.S.E., Professor of Mathematics at the Queen's College, Belfast (1854–1860) and of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (1860–1901), was one of the leading physicists and mathematicians in Europe in the nineteenth century. His expertise encompassed the breadth of physical science and mathematics. However, since the nineteenth century he has been unfortunately overlooked—overshadowed, perhaps, by the brilliance of his personal friends, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) and William Thomson (1824–1907), later Lord Kelvin. Here I present the results of extensive research into the Tait family history. I explore the spiritual aspect of Tait's life in connection with The Unseen Universe (1875) which Tait co-authored with Balfour Stewart (1828–1887). I also reveal Tait's surprising involvement in statistics and give an account of his introduction to complex numbers, as a schoolboy at the Edinburgh Academy. A highlight of the thesis is a re-evaluation of C.-V. Mourey's 1828 work, La Vraie Théorie des quantités négatives et des quantités prétendues imaginaires, which I consider from the perspective of algebraic reform. The thesis also contains: (i) a transcription of an unpublished paper by Hamilton on the fundamental theorem of algebra which was inspired by Mourey and (ii) new biographical information on Mourey. 510.92

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