Medawar Lecture

Medawar Lecture

The Medawar Lecture was an annual lecture on the philosophy of science organised by the Royal Society of London in memory of Sir Peter Medawar. It was last delivered in 2004 after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and the Bernal Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture. [1]

List of lecturers

Year Name Lecture Notes
1986 Popper, Karl RaimundKarl Raimund Popper A new interpretation of Darwinism. —
1990 Thomas, LewisLewis Thomas The new transitional structure of basic science: prospects and apprehensions. —
1992 Perutz, Max FerdinandMax Ferdinand Perutz Species adaptation in a protein molecule. —
1995 Ziman, John MichaelJohn Michael Ziman Post-academic science. —
1998 Wolpert, LewisLewis Wolpert Is science dangerous? —
2001 Gregory, Richard LangtonRichard Langton Gregory Knowledge for vision: vision for knowledge. —
2004 Lipton, PeterPeter Lipton The truth about science —

References

  1. ^ "The 2010 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture". The Royal Society. http://royalsociety.org/Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar-Lecture/. Retrieved 14 August 2010. 
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Lectures (domestic)
Lectures (international)

Blackett Memorial Lecture · Claude Bernard Lecture · Humphry Davy Lecture · Rutherford Memorial Lecture · UK-Canada Rutherford Lecture
Medals
Historical awards,
lectures and medals

Bernal Lecture · Esso Energy Award · Florey Lecture · Medawar Lecture · Philips Lecture · Pilgrim Trust Lecture · Tercentenary Lectures · Wilkins Lecture

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