Earth Sciences

On March 24 1995, one of the most outstanding representatives of post-war European scholarship, Dr Joseph Needham, passed away at the remarkable age of ninety-four. His loss will be felt in very wide circles, reaching far beyond the professional domains of sinology, and the history of Chinese science and technology, for there are few works with an impact comparable to his monumental Science and Civilisation in China (Cambridge 1954, seventeen large volumes published, and still being continued) and the many minor studies that were produced as a spin-off of that large project, of which he was both the founding father and driving force.

The Royal Meteorological Society advances and promotes the science of meteorology by means of journals and other publications, discussion meetings, conferences, professional accreditation, grants, medals, prizes, workshops for schoolteachers and other educational activities

The International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences as well as history, philosophy, and social studies of science. ISHPSSB summer meetings are known for innovative, transdisciplinary sessions, and for fostering informal, co-operative exchanges and on-going collaborations

For more than two hundred years the Royal Institution of Great Britain has been at the centre of scientific research and the popularisation of science in England.

When Aristophanes' parodied fifth-century Athenian intellectuals, he envisioned a single wise-man teaching linguistics, poetry, math, astronomy, and ethics. The distinction beween science and other subjects only gradually took shape

The Energy and Semiconductor Research (EHF) Laboratory constitutes one of the main focus points of research at the University of Oldenburg in the Institute of Physics. In the EHF Laboratory research is performed on both fundamental semiconductor physics as well as topics in applied hysics in the area of renewable energies.

The Newcomen Society is the world's oldest learned society devoted to the study of the history of engineering and technology. The Society is based in London and is concerned with all branches of engineering: civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, aeronautical, marine, chemical and manufacturing.

NMSI is the umbrella name for three great museums and one in the making. What binds us together is and a vision that can be stated in one senatnce. 'We engage peopl in a dialogue to creat meanings from the past, present, future of human ingenuity.

The Museum's collections include millions of specimens, and their size and quality place the Museum among the best in the world. The collections provide the basis for the research carried out in the scientific departments, and, through loans and visits by guest researchers, are constantly used by scientists and institutions throughout the world. It is a crucial role of the Museum to keep these collections available for international research, and to preserve them for future generations. Parts of the collections, presented on the Museum's web pages, are also registered in searchable databases.