Mathematical musings from the sickbed

1 October 2013 by Julie McDougall-Waters

Have you ever written a letter to yourself? This is exactly what James Hopwood Jeans (1877-1946) did in 1902 as…

The fault lines of fossil men

4 September 2013 by Keith Moore

A file of correspondence can get you right into the heart of a scientific controversy from the past. That’s exactly…

“Permit me to lay before you the bladder of Mr Gardiner”

21 August 2013 by Noah Moxham

Medicine in public in eighteenth-century London Poor Mr Gardiner’s bladder was to be the subject of a great deal of…

Wolfson Foundation catalogue goes live

28 February 2013 by Fiona Keates

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve recently made a catalogue of the Wolfson Foundation’s grant files available online.

Piltdown Man

4 February 2013 by Joanna Corden

I was interested to see that the Natural History Museum has recently been reviewing all its materials on the Piltdown…