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- Podcast: Gillies' recollections
- Kant & Herschel: International Workshop
- Concert: The Harmony of the Sphere
- Film: Lost World (1960)
- Synthetic Biology Film Night
- Panel Discussion: We Neet to Talk About Synthia
- Induction Week 2011
- Film Night: War of the Worlds (1953)
- Walking Tour
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- Ad Hoc Seminar: Eric Scerri
- IGEM Discussion Evening
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- Bright Club
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- PUS Seminar: Maryln Booth & Jayesh Navin Shah
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- MAPS Faculty PhD Open Day
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- 6th London Ancient Science Conference
- STS Seminar: Thomas Rose
- STS Seminar: Bill MacLehose
- Film Night: The Blob (1958)
- Ad Hoc Seminar: WH Brock
- Brian Balmer seminar
- Ad Hoc Seminar: Bill Brock
- Film: Under the Carribbean
- STS Seminar: Emily Grosholz
- Wed 25th: Join Us at iBSc Fair!!
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- PUS Seminar: Clifford Stott
- Sociology and Climate Change
- STS Seminar: Huw Price
- Talk: The Role of Science in Islam
- Lunchtime Lecture: Jon Agar on Alan Turing
- STS Seminar: Maurizio Esposito
- Ad Hoc Seminar
- PUS Seminar: Oliver Escobar
- Science Fiction; Science Future
- STS Seminar: Daniel Neyland
- How Scientific was Agora? Astronomy & Alexandria
- Talk: Francis Crick, master polymath, and rebuilding after earthquakes
- STS Seminar: Richard Barnett
- Film: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms
- Science in the 20th Century and Beyond - Book Launch
- PUS Seminar: Felicity Mellor
- Film: Valley of Gwangi (1969)
- Where next for social media research? A Town Meeting
- London Integrated HPS Seminar
- Integrated HPS Workshop
- PUS Seminar: Alfred Moore
- STS at UCL Open Day
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Lunchtime Lecture: Jon Agar on Alan Turing
Publication date: Jan 23, 2012 10:08:08 AM
Start:
Feb 16, 2012 1:00:00 PM
End:
Feb 16, 2012 2:00:00 PM
Location: JZ Young LT
Title: Alan Turing, a broken heart, and the invention of the computer, by Dr Jon Agar, UCL Science and Technology Studies
Part of UCL Diversity Month 2012
Overview:
This event is being
held to commemorate the centenary of Alan Turing's birth and celebrate
LGBT History Month. The talk will explore biographer Andrew Hodges'
argument that Turing's feelings for his friend Christopher Morcom and
the trauma of Morcom's premature death were pivotal in the development
of Turing's ideas about the human spirit, the nature of consciousness
and, ultimately, the development of the computer
Participants:
This event is open to all UCL staff, students and to the general public.
Date, Time and Venue:
Thursday 16 February, 1-2pm, J Z Young lecture theatre, Wilkins building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT.
A map can be found here.
Contact:
Sonal Bharadva
Email: s.bharadva@ucl.ac.uk
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