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Congratulations Professor Peter Higgs FRS on winning the world’s oldest scientific prize. Higgs receives this year’s Royal Society Copley Medal for his work on the theory of the Higgs boson, discovered at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. He says: “It is an honour to be the recipient this year of the Copley Medal, the Royal Society’s premier award." http://ow.ly/PP7nC
The Copley Medal is our oldest and most prestigious prize, first awarded by the Royal Society in 1731. It is given for outstanding achievements in scientific research with past winners including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, DNA fingerprinting pioneer Alec Jeffreys, and Andre Geim for his discovery of graphene.
Pictured: (L) Professor Peter Higgs FRS; (R) Illustration of Peter Higg's 1964 papers. Images © Peter Tuffy.
The Copley Medal is our oldest and most prestigious prize, first awarded by the Royal Society in 1731. It is given for outstanding achievements in scientific research with past winners including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, DNA fingerprinting pioneer Alec Jeffreys, and Andre Geim for his discovery of graphene.
Pictured: (L) Professor Peter Higgs FRS; (R) Illustration of Peter Higg's 1964 papers. Images © Peter Tuffy.
2015-07-20
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Can we do science with a million people? Chris Lintott, founder of Zooniverse, reveals the citizen science that discovered galaxies, found planets, and hunted for aliens.
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Discover the cutting-edge of robotics and autonomous systems in a series of video lectures by world-class scientists.
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Explore latest advances in machine learning in five fantastic videos!
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Professor Peter Higgs, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics and our oldest scientific prize the 2015 Copley Medal, shares his experience of being at the centre of a major discovery, as well as how he deals with selfies in CERN's cafe. Listen in to our December podcast special: http://ow.ly/W4itf (14:40).
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Read letters from Everest pulled from our collections in the Objectivity series.
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A beautifully preserved field microscope that fits in a box (ca. 1810). It was designed by instrument maker William Cary (1759–1825) for portability and thought to have belonged to naturalist Henry Baker (1698–1774). This aerial view shows the microscope with fittings including hand-held lenses with a turned ivory handle, in a mahogany case. Learn more about how this intricate object works in a video by Objectivity.
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Delve into the 19th-century fan books based on Sir Isaac Newton and Joseph Priestly with Objectivity.
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An index card pulled out of our card cabinet records an incident of the eclipse of the moon on 22 November 1760. Where will the paper trail lead? Watch this short video from Objectivity.
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