Museum of the History of Science http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:38:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= A Birthday Visit http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/a-birthday-visit-2/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/a-birthday-visit-2/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:15:51 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5146 Close-up of a cartoon by Reg White
Radley resident Reg White celebrated his 90th birthday with a visit to the Museum. He sent us a cartoon of his visit…]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/a-birthday-visit-2/feed/ 0 Ideas, Experiments & Innovation http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ideas-experiments-innovation/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ideas-experiments-innovation/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:58:10 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5126 An animation by children from Lord William's School, Thame Students from Lord Williams’s School in Thame, Oxfordshire came to the Museum to make an animation inspired by some of our objects. Watch the animation…]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ideas-experiments-innovation/feed/ 0 Selling Time Lecture Podcast http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/selling-time-lecture-podcast/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/selling-time-lecture-podcast/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:13:50 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5113 listen online or download it as a podcast.]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/selling-time-lecture-podcast/feed/ 0 Brookes student exhibition http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/brookes-student-exhibition-goes-on-show/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/brookes-student-exhibition-goes-on-show/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:42:31 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5105 More details… ]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/brookes-student-exhibition-goes-on-show/feed/ 0 Sixth-formers handle rare books http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/sixth-formers-handle-rare-books/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/sixth-formers-handle-rare-books/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:47:15 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5089 A group of history AS-level students from Cheney School (Oxford) visited the Museum to handle rare books including Andreas Cellarius’ beautiful volume Harmonia Macrocosmica. See pictures of their visit…]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/sixth-formers-handle-rare-books/feed/ 0 TIME MACHINES http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/time-machines/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/time-machines/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:44:31 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=4902 15th Nov – 15th Apr

Nicholas looking puzzled

A new way to see the Museum’s most exceptional timepieces – and also some of the most surprising. More details…

]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/time-machines/feed/ 0 Necessity is the Mother of Invention http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:27:12 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5075 3 February – 17 March 2012

Artwork by Brookes students

An exhibition of work by Foundation Art & Design students from Oxford Brookes University inspired by museum objects. More details…

]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention/feed/ 0 Arts Council England grant http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/arts-council-england-grant/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/arts-council-england-grant/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:58 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5057 More details…]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/arts-council-england-grant/feed/ 0 Ultrafast Physics Podcast http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-podcast/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-podcast/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:26 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5055 podcasts page.]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-podcast/feed/ 0 Ultrafast Physics Lecture http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-lecture/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-lecture/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:55:36 +0000 Laura Ashby http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/?p=5036 On Tues 24 January at 7pm, Professor Ian Walmsley will talk about the shifting research frontier of extremely short-duration physics, where time is measured in femtoseconds and attoseconds. Part of the TIME MACHINES programme. ]]> http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ultrafast-physics-lecture/feed/ 0