Scientists love them. Historians of science can't stand them. The view that science rests on the shoulders of heroes and on them alone cannot be defended. Nonetheless, the public are moved and inspired by the stories of astronauts who've risked their lives, mathematicians who crack enemy codes or laboratory scientists who make life-saving medical discoveries. Science still needs their illuminating stories to engage with the public, even if that does distort the depiction of the way real science is done. Not only should we reinstate the heroes of science, we need other kinds too - heroes that are not even made of flesh and blood.
Heroes of Science
26 September 2012, London, United Kingdom
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The Royal Society
WTLH, The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom
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