RECONSTRUCTIONS
in the History of Science and Technology

Tuesday 15 July 2003
at The Royal Institution
21 Albemarle St., London W1S 4BS

Building a bird-like flying machine from a design by Leonardo da Vinci is fun. But what do we learn by making machines or repeating experiments? The symposium looks at various reconstructions, ranging from Leonardo's glider to a Colossus machine used in codebreaking at Bletchley Park, taking in famous experiments by Galileo and Faraday, and Edison's invention of the electric light bulb. There will of course be live demonstrations.

Programme

0930 REGISTRATION

1000 Martin Kemp and Steven Roberts
LEONARDO'S GLIDER

1100 COFFEE

1130 Thomas B. Settle
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH:
THE CASE OF GALILEO

1230 LUNCH
(not provided, but there are many cafés nearby)

1400 David Gooding
FARADAY

1500 Tim Hunkin
REINVENTING ELECTRICITY

1600 TEA

1630 Tony Sale
WORLD WAR II COLLOSSUS

1745 RECEPTION

1900 Adam Hart-Davis
RECONSTRUCTIONS
I HAVE KNOWN, LOVED, AND HATED

There will be a number of posters about other projects.


The registration fee for the complete meeting is £29 (£25 for Royal Institution and Leonardo da Vinci Society members and concessions). The fee for attending only the evening lecture is £8 (£5 for Royal Institution and Leonardo da Vinci Society members and concessions).

BOOKING LINE Tel: +44.20.7670.2985 (Visa and MasterCard only)

INFORMATION Tel: +44.20.7409.2992, Fax: +44.20.7670.2920

Online booking and further information at THE ROYAL INSTITUTION

The meeting will take place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle St., London W1S 4BS. The nearest tube station is Green Park. Albemarle Street is noted with an arrow on the map at this link: www.streetmap.co.uk. For more information about the symposium and other Leonardo da Vinci Society events, email: matthew.landrus@wolfson.ox.ac.uk

Organized by Dr J.V. Field, Dr F. A.J.L. James, and M.H. Landrus.