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National Museums Scotland and the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, Edinburgh
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY
Thursday, 10 July 2008
In the Moog: The Social Construction of the Electronic Music Synthesizer
Trevor Pinch
Cornell University
Thursday, 18 September 2008
How does an aircraft wing work? British physicists versus German engineers 1909-1926
David Bloor
Edinburgh University
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Professor Wilson’s map of Technology
Geoff Swinney
National Museums Scotland
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Connecting Cornwall – Telecommunication, Locality and Work in West Britain, 1870-1918
Richard Noakes
Exeter University
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Making the Train a Desirable Technology
Colin Divall
York University
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Winston Churchill as inventor and product champion
David Edgerton
Imperial College London
Lectures commence at 3 pm
Dunfermline Room, National Museums Scotland
Admission free
Please register with Maureen Kerr on 0131 247 4274 or m.kerr@nms.ac.uk
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