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Medals and milestones

history of science
Eloise Barber
14 April 2026
3 mins

Eloise Barber highlights some notable examples from the Royal Society's collection of medals.

Brook the broker

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
08 October 2025
5 mins

Louisiane Ferlier's cataloguing of a volume of Brook Taylor correspondence at the Royal Society sheds light on the Newton-Leibniz 'calculus controversy'.

Book dust

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
23 January 2025
5 mins

Louisiane Ferlier looks at the three books donated to the Royal Society Library by mathematician Augustus De Morgan, all with intriguing inscriptions and insertions.

Jennifer Kren
06 November 2024
5 mins

We speak to the author, Dr Zhaoyuan Wan, to find out more about him and his recently published Notes and Records article.

Figuring the Earth

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
21 August 2024
4 mins

Louisiane Ferlier introduces the first international collaborative exhibition put on by the Royal Society Library team, jointly curated with the French Académie des sciences.

Prints for Christmas!

history of science
Katherine Marshall
14 November 2023
3 mins

A look at some of the festive gift options available in the Royal Society Print Shop.

Succession

history of science
Jon Bushell
05 June 2023
5 mins

Jon Bushell tells the stories of some of the longer and shorter Presidential terms at the Royal Society - and one famous scientist who refused the job altogether.

Anna Marie Roos
20 February 2023
5 mins

Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, and the Royal Society

Moving house

history of science
Rupert Baker
23 November 2022
4 mins

Rupert Baker tells the story of the Royal Society's move in 1710 to a house in Crane Court, just off Fleet Street in the City of London.

Trouble at the Mint

history of science
Virginia Mills
08 November 2022
5 mins

The appointment of Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley to senior posts at the Royal Mint didn't mean that business always ran smoothly, as Virginia Mills discovers via letters in the archives of the Royal Society.

Empire of learning

history of science
Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh
01 November 2022
5 mins

Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh, a Royal Society Lisa Jardine Grant recipient, describes how early Fellows of the Society showed a profound interest in China as a source of scientific and technological knowledge.

Colour wheel

history of science
Katherine Marshall
24 November 2021
5 mins

Picture Curator Katherine Marshall takes a look at theories of colour, from Newton and Goethe to Chevreul and the Impressionists.