Science In London: A Guide To Memorials

Description

This book introduces the reader to the statues, busts, and memorial plaques of scientists, explorers, medicine men and women, and inventors found in the bustling capital of the United Kingdom, London. The former capital of the British Empire, London remains a world center of trade, navigation, finance and many more. It is also a hub of science, the seat of the Royal Society, Royal Institution, Science Museum, British Museum, Natural History Museum, and of great institutions of higher education. The historical figures depicted in these memorials are responsible for creating great institutions, milestone discoveries, contributions to the scientific and technological revolutions, fighting against epidemics, advancing medicine, and contributing to the progress seen during the past four hundred years. This is a guidebook for the visitor and the Londoner alike. It presents memorials that everybody is familiar with and others that the authors discovered during their years of painstaking research. The 750 images and the text, interlarded with anecdotes, is both informative and entertaining. Foreword......Page 5 Chapter Overview......Page 6 Also by the Authors......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Contents......Page 11 1: Introduction......Page 13 Science and Technology in Unison......Page 14 Philosophical Foundation......Page 15 Royal Support......Page 17 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert......Page 19 British Museum......Page 25 British Library......Page 27 Natural History Museum......Page 28 Burlington House......Page 29 Westminster Abbey......Page 32 National Portrait Gallery......Page 34 Openness and Receptiveness......Page 35 2: Explorers......Page 39 Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries......Page 44 Australia......Page 48 Africa......Page 50 Polar Exploration......Page 53 Scientists as Explorers......Page 58 Greenwich......Page 60 3: Scientists......Page 67 Royal Society......Page 69 Royal Institution......Page 80 Physicists, Astronomers, and Mathematicians......Page 91 Chemists......Page 112 DNA—Multidisciplinary Science......Page 131 Naturalists and Biologists......Page 135 4: Medicine Men and Women......Page 151 Royal College of Physicians......Page 156 Royal Society of Medicine......Page 160 King’s College......Page 163 St Thomas’ Hospital......Page 165 Guy’s Hospital......Page 172 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine......Page 176 Women in Medicine......Page 182 Nurses......Page 190 Anatomists......Page 191 Anesthetists......Page 193 Epidemiologists......Page 196 Immunologists......Page 200 Laryngologists......Page 203 Ophthalmologists......Page 205 Pathologists......Page 208 Pharmacologists......Page 209 Physicians......Page 212 Psychiatrists and Psychologists, Including Psychoanalysts......Page 217 Surgeons......Page 220 Wellcome Collection......Page 227 5: Innovators, Engineers, and Technologists......Page 229 Electricity and Electronics......Page 233 Telecommunications......Page 234 Computing......Page 242 Royal School of Mines (Imperial College)......Page 247 Geology, Geodesy, Geography......Page 250 Biotechnology......Page 252 Civil Engineering......Page 253 Steam Engine......Page 263 By Rail......Page 265 By Water......Page 267 By Road......Page 268 By Air......Page 269 Clockmakers......Page 273 Other Inventors......Page 276 Bibliography......Page 282 Index of Names......Page 283 Index of Artists and Architects......Page 289