The Twentieth Century Think Tank offers broad coverage of 20th- and 21st-century topics in the history, philosophy and sociology of science, technology and medicine. The regular programme of papers and discussions takes place on Thursdays over lunch.
Think Tank meetings are held on Thursdays, 1–2pm in Seminar Room 2. All welcome!
Organised by Richard Staley, Mary Brazelton, Joseph Martin and Jesse Olszynko-Gryn.
Michaelmas Term 2017
| 5 October | Jahnavi Phalkey (King's College London) German émigré scientists and engineers and aeronautics in India |
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| 19 October | Eglė Rindzevičiūtė (Kingston University) A struggle for the Soviet future: the birth of scientific forecasting in the Soviet Union |
| 16 November | Paul A. Roth (University of California, Santa Cruz) The structure of structure: how Kuhn establishes that science requires historical explanation |