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UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Lovers in Lab Coats: When Scientists Collaborate as Husband and Wife
- Hosted by:
- University College London
- Speaker:
-
Dr Joe Cain, UCL Science & Technology Studies
- Starts:
- February 26, 2008 at 01:00 pm
- Ends:
- February 26, 2008 at 02:00 pm
- Location:
- University College London, Darwin Building, Darwin Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
The newlyweds George Gaylord Simpson (palaeontologist) and Anne Roe (psychologist) travelled through Venezuela on an expedition in 1938–39. The result was intellectual work unlike anything each did elsewhere in their long careers. Romantic and intimate partnerships offer fascinating, often forgotten, case studies of collaboration in science. They produce unusual intellectual synergies. They alter life-work patterns. They simultaneously constrain and liberate. Sometimes, they offer access to career opportunities when other options are closed. These collaborations tend to be overlooked by historians and biographers of science. This leaves us with vastly inferior knowledge of science as a living, working enterprise.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
(entrance via Malet Place)
Bring your own refreshments. Free without a ticket, no need to book. Entry on a first-come first-served basis. Open to students, staff and the
general public.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Eda Pierce, Events Manager, UCL Events Team
- Phone:
- +44 (0)20 7679 7675
- Email:
- events [ at ] ucl.ac.uk
- Website:
- UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Lovers in Lab Coats: When Scientists Collaborate as Husband and Wife
