History of Science, Ideas and Technology Group (SA) Inc
We aim to foster the recording of the history of science, ideas and technology and cooperate with other groups with common interests.
We have about five meetings a year, held in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room in the Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, with a paper or papers followed by refreshments. Our group is University-based but meetings are open to the public.
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Sir Lawrence Bragg
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Sir William Bragg
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Development of the Group
The History of Science, Ideas and Technology Group (SA) Inc began as an informal group in 1991 under the auspices of the Royal Society of South Australia. In 2002 the Group developed a formal constitution and, with the help of staff of the Barr Smith Library, it was arranged that meetings would generally be held in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room at the Barr Smith Library.
Most Meetings are held on a Monday evening, with at least one Meeting a year one being held on a Saturday afternoon.
Some Meetings have been held in cooperation with other organisations, including the South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc, the South Australian Museum, and Engineering Heritage Australia, SA.
Previous Meetings
A taste of some of the topics covered in previous research papers
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Adelaide to Port Adelaide: SA’s first steam railway 1856 |
Keeping the Troops Alive in War-Time: a nursing and surgical perspective |
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Carbon Capture and Storage: reducing greenhouse gas emissions |
Mining Technology |
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Climatic Crises and Human History |
Navigation |
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Cosmic Ray Studies at Mt. Stromlo Observatory |
The Sacramental Geometry of Peterborough Cathedral |
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The Delphic Oracle and Natural Explanation |
Science and Technology in Colonial Adelaide: an 1865 snapshot |
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The Development of the Electric Car |
The Snowy Mountains and the Hydro-Electric Scheme |
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Engineering a City: how Adelaide was designed and built |
The Spanish Flu in South Australia |
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Galileo: “a crusading and persecuted pioneer” |
Terroir for Grapes |
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The Global Elimination of Brain Damage Due to Iodine Deficiency |
The Toba Super-Eruption: near extinction of the human race |
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A History of the Coorong |
Uranium: a century of exploration in South Australia |
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The Influence of German Science in SA |
What is Science? |
Contacts
Dr Pauline Payne (President) \xC2\xA0
pauline.payne@adelaide.edu.au
Bob Major (Secretary) \xC2\xA0
08 8352 8949
Kay Leverett (Committee member)
08 8303 4659
