Search Results for "Henry Dale"
X-ray vision
history of scienceWhy did the Royal Society reject a 1932 scientific paper on the use of X-rays to stimulate the retina? Louisiane Ferlier investigates.
Escape to New York
history of scienceEloise Barber tells the story of Otto Loewi ForMemRS and his detention in Austria in 1938.
Nobel ambitions
history of scienceJon Bushell looks at the Nobel Prize certificates in the archives of the Royal Society.
Fun with scientists
history of scienceKeith Moore looks through our collection of photographic portraiture and finds some images of scientists letting their hair down a little.
Detained in Douglas
history of scienceWhen pharmacologist Heinz Otto Schild was interned on the Isle of Man in 1940, the Royal Society was among the organisations working to secure his freedom.