Search Results for "World War II"
Squid game 2: neuroscience in wartime context
history of scienceIn the second half of a two-part article, Kathryn Maxson Jones highlights further resources on the history of neuroscience and squid giant axon research in the Royal Society’s collections.
World war food
history of scienceRead more about the science behind rationing and nutrition during the Second World War.
Sea of sand
history of scienceKeith Moore tells the story of Ralph Bagnold FRS and his travels through the seemingly impassable sand dunes of the Libyan Desert.
Of value to the enemy
history of scienceFiona Callaghan looks at the effects of World War II on the publication of scientific papers, in a tale featuring Royal Society Referees' Reports and the 'disappearance' of mathematician Frederick Gerard Friedlander.
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.
Nuclear secrets
history of scienceAfter receiving an enquiry about the papers of physicists Hans von Halban and Lew Kowarski, Virginia Mills finds some documents with great significance to the history of nuclear science, and catalogues them as her first project as Royal Society Archivist.
Explosive tales from Waltham Abbey
history of scienceRupert Baker visits the Royal Gunpowder Mills and discovers historical links to several Fellows of the Royal Society.