The Outreach and Education Committee is very pleased to announce that first prize in the 2010 Great Exhibitions competition has been awarded to the Museo Galileo in Florence. Second prize was won by the Thackray Museum in Leeds for their … Continue reading
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Great Exhibitions
The Outreach and Education Committee are pleased to announce a new competition for public exhibitions that deal with the history of science and/or medicine. Continue reading
2009 History of Science Song Competition Winners
The British Society for the History of Science Outreach and Education Committee is delighted to announce the results of its 2009 Song Competition. Continue reading
History of Science Songs
If you’ve ever thought that ‘Cholera!’ would have been a more entertaining Andrew Lloyd Webber musical than ‘Oliver!’ or that Flanders and Swann’s ‘Hippopotamus’ could have provided more detailed zoological information, put those thoughts into practice by entering our 2009 Song Competition. Continue reading
Designing Darwin Winners
The Outreach and Education Committee is pleased to announce the winners of its 2008 competition ‘Designing Darwin’. This prize is awarded in three age categories for original designs that best illustrate the significance of Charles Darwin’s birth bicentenary and the … Continue reading
2008 Prize competition: Designing Darwin
The year 2009 sees both the bicentenary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th birthday of his most famous work, On the Origin of Species. In anticipation of the celebrations, the BSHS Outreach & Education Committee is offering prizes for … Continue reading
2007 Image Competition Winner
The 2007 BSHS Outreach and Education Committee Image Prize competition was won by Joe Cain of University College London, for his image Connecting Threads. Download ‘Connecting Threads’ (jpeg, 1.3MB) This picture is freely available for download and use in teaching … Continue reading
2007 Image Competition Runner Up
The runner-up for the 2007 BSHS Outreach and Education Committee Image Prize was Helen-Frances Pilkington of the University of Cambridge, for her image Everyday Items, or Newton’s Experimental Instruments. This picture is freely available for download and use in teaching … Continue reading
2006 Essay Competition Winner Announced!
In 2006, the Outreach and Education Committee’s web essay competition that challenged contributors to produce a 500-word piece, aimed at a general audience, in answer to the question: Why should anyone need to know about the history of science? Below, … Continue reading