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URL:https://oxon.bcs.org/programme/science-tour-of-oxford/
SUMMARY:Science Tour of Oxford
DESCRIPTION:\nONLY 5 PLACES LEFT\nThis event is almost fully booked and we 
 are down to our last 5 places. The tour is open to members and non-members
  so now is the time to book!\nScience Tour of Oxford\nA two-hour private g
 roup tour with a Blue Badge guide\nA fascinating look at the science in Ox
 ford\n14th century - Bacon and Grosseteste\n17th century - Harvey\, Boyle\
 , Hooke and Halley\n20th century - Professor Florey\n21st century? - find 
 out\nBook Now\nThe tour starts at the Martyrs' Memorial (positioned at the
  intersection of St Giles'\, Magdalen Street and Beaumont Street\, just ou
 tside Balliol College) with a general introduction to the city\, its golde
 n scientific record and a reference to the major scientific figures who’
 ve been associated with the colleges visible from there.\n\nThen a walk to
 wards the Museum of the History of Science\, more information about the ma
 jor figures associated with that area and its buildings (location of found
 ing of Royal Society\, Wren\, aspirin\, etc.\, etc.) - with a promise to f
 inish back at the MHS*\n\nFollowed by a walk through the world-famous Bodl
 eian Library which dates back to 15th Century. We stop to hear about the e
 arly days of science at Oxford and the importance of the library and its m
 edieval schools in moving science forward (first dissections\, etc.).\n\nT
 hen into the heart of Oxford’s scientific past: Radcliffe Square\, the f
 ormer Apothecaries’ Quarter\, including the first building specially bui
 lt for science at Oxford\, the colleges of famous ground-breaking scientis
 ts and their achievements.\n\nSee plaque where Hooke/Boyle had their lab.\
 n\nHalley’s House (optics of rainbow\, barometric pressure\, magnetic fi
 eld\, salinity of oceans)\n\n15 Nobel prizes in Medicine\, 11 in Chemistry
 \, 5 in Physics and home to only British woman ever awarded Nobel in scien
 ce subject.\n\n* The walking tour can be followed by a free visit to the M
 HS\, tick the box on registration and we will book you in as a group.\nBoo
 kings\nhttps://bcsoxf230618.eventbrite.co.uk
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