By Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News Ancient seaweed that have been found growing in the deep sea are "living fossils", researchers have reported. The two types of seaweed, which grow more than 200m underwater, represent previously unrecognised ancient forms of algae, say the scientists. As such, the algae could belong to the earliest of all […]
Read moreThe British Society for the History of Science invites book nominations for the 2011 Dingle Prize. In keeping with the Society’s concern to communicate history of science to broad audiences, the 2011 Dingle Prize will be offered for the best book in the history of science, technology, and medicine, first published in English in 2009 […]
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The Joint meeting between the Society for the History of Natural History and the Ray Society to celebrate the 350th anniversary of John Ray’s Catalogue of Cambridge Plants, 1660: the first English “County Flora” took place in Cambridge University Library, on Wednesday 3rd November 2010. The Morison room provided an ideal venue for the event, giving […]
Read moreOur patron Sir David Attenborough CBE will be attending the 5th Annual GREEN AWARDS to accept the inaugural green ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his committed efforts to broaden public understanding of environmental issues. The gala dinner takes place on 2nd December 2010 at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. This year, the global GREEN […]
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Containing Society announcements, information on meetings and forthcoming events, Notes and Queries and Publisher’s annoucements. SHNH Newsletter 99 – October 2010
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Lloyd Library and Museum partners with the Art Academy of Cincinnati to announce The CHOCOLATE CONNECTION: Hans Sloane & Jamaica November 6, 2010 through January 31, 2011 Press Release for immediate release 20 October 2010 The Lloyd Library and Museum proudly announces its Fall/Winter exhibits. The CHOCOLATE CONNECTION: Hans Sloane & Jamaica, a rare and […]
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The Society for the History of Natural History is hosting a joint meeting at Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK on Wednesday 3rd November 2010 to celebrate the forthcoming publication by the Ray Society of the English translation of John Ray’s Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium, originally published by John Field in Cambridge in 1660. This […]
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SHNH Editor, Dr Charles Nelson reports that the uploading of the electronic versions of the back issues of Archives of natural history, including the earliest volumes which had the title Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, on to the journal’s site at Edinburgh University Press is now completed. All volumes from 1 […]
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The Society for the History of Natural History is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2010 W. T. Stearn Student Essay Prize is Nils Petter Hellström, who has recently completed his M.Phil. in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. His essay, entitled ‘The tree as evolutionary […]
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The Society for the History of Natural History is hosting a joint meeting to celebrate the publication of the English translation of John Ray’s Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium by the Ray Society. Originally published by John Field in Cambridge in 1660, this is the first English “County flora” as well as being the first […]
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