New interviews online
Further interviews from An Oral History of British Science have been added to the Archival Sound Recordings (ASR) website under the Oral history of British science package. From the Made in Britain...
View ArticlePast presence in place
Dr Paul Merchant, interviewer for A Changing Planet, writes:Many of those interviewed for the Changing Planet strand of An Oral History of British Science produced scientific knowledges in particular...
View ArticleThe Man From The Ministry
Tom Lean, project interviewer for Made in Britain, writes:Once upon a time the British government maintained an extensive network of research establishments, which carried out advanced research into...
View ArticleScientific Manpower
Dr Sally Horrocks, Senior Academic Consultant for An Oral History of British Science, writes:From World War Two through to the late 1960s there was a persistent belief among many politicians and policy...
View ArticleBy HEC! An Electronic Brain For Business?!
Tom Lean, interviewer for Made in Britain, writes:Consider how many computers fill the typical modern workplace, all those dozens of laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and other gizmos. Now, take a step...
View ArticleGuest Blogger: Charlotte Walter, MSc student
We have a 'guest blogger' this week: Charlotte Walter, a History of Science student at Imperial College London and UCL. We are very keen to hear from researchers who have used OHBS material (or indeed...
View ArticleOral History of British Science Interviewees and the Holocaust
Dr Sally Horrocks, Senior Academic Consultant for An Oral History of British Science, writes:My Leicester colleagues Olaf Jensen and Alex Korb, who run the Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust and...
View ArticleBroken Black Arrow
Tom Lean, interviewer for Made in Britain, writes:Forty years ago, on October 28th 1971, Britain took a small step of its own into joining the space race with the launch of Prospero X-3, a 66kg...
View ArticleScientists in retirement
Dr Paul Merchant, interviewer for A Changing Planet, writes:Life story interviews do not stop at official retirement ages, or peter out once the scientist leaves their university department, government...
View ArticleFrom P.1127 to Harrier Jump Jet
Dr Thomas Lean, interviewer for Made in Britain, writes:The 1950s were a time of dramatic change in aircraft design. Aeronautical engineers experimented with the new jet and rocket engines, delta and...
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