Science-Related Interests

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
37 Miscellaneous notes and narratives on aims and methods of science, for lectures at Malta and later. File 1960s
38 'How are discoveries made?' File
41 Book review of R. Calder: 'Profile of Science' and J.L. Synge: 'Science Sense and Nonsense' File May 1951
48 Shorter talks File 1955
50 'The Next Fifty years of Power' File January 1956
55 'The Impact of science on modern life'. File January 1957
57 'Man may land on the moon a few years hence'. File October 1957
68 'Some possible scientific applications of the near future'. Article for The Stock Exchange Gazette File August 1960
71 'Belfast. Foreseeable Future' File c 1961
77 'One Europe: is it possible?' Talk on BBC European Service File April 1966
91 Shorter talks to schools and schoolmasters. Various dates File 1952–60
95 'Science and War'. Talk given in America File December 1946
101 'Science and faith' File December 1945
62 Ms. notes for three talks on future sources of power, given in various places in America File April 1958
67 'Future of Mankind'. Lecture at Imperial Defence College File December 1959
74 Book review - R. Watson-Watt: `Man's Means to his End'. For New Scientist File November 1962
80 Speech at Norwich School File July 1955
82 Article for The Spectator on the proposed new 'Principles of Science' Tripos at Cambridge University. File
86 Talk (on scientific publications) to Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association File May 1959
88 Talk at Technical Training Week Exhibition, Newmarket File May 1961
90 Ms. draft for paper or talk on allocation of research funds File nd
93 'The Scientific Attitude in Peace and War'. File
98 'War as it looks to a scientist'. Talk at Shrivenham File February 1966
102 'Determinism in Science'. The Joule Memorial Lecture, given to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, File 1948
104 Lecture on science and religion, given at Great St. Mary's, Cambridge File February 1957
108 'Determinism in Science' paper given at a meeting of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa File
110 `Time-limited determinism in physical science'. File [1964]
112 Spiral-backed notebook, labelled 'Prediction of Complex events'. File
119 'Prediction of Brain'. File 20th cent
124 Ms. and typed version of Thomson's letter to J.R. Lucas, setting out his views on determinism and brain mechanism File September 1971