“Rebecca Mileham’s clearly written and beautifully illustrated ‘Cracking the Elements’ is a superb introduction for the general reader wishing to understand the building blocks of everything around us.” From the earliest-known elements to those only named in 2016, my new book takes a comprehensive look at the development of the periodic table – and reveals…
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Dashwood School 1902-2008: a souvenir history – photographs, memories and stories from the archive of Dashwood School Banbury, Oxfordshire
Click on the book to turn its pages and explore the history of Dashwood School. When my family moved to Banbury in 2006, we looked for a school for our son Jonathan, who was then three. Just across the road from our house was Dashwood, a town-centre school which turned out to have just the…
How can science capital research help museums and science centres change the world? Report on work by the Science Museum Group’s learning team.
How can museums contribute to a fairer society? I worked with the Science Museum Learning team to summarise a recent big project looking at ways in which museum and science centres can foster diversity in science (and avoid reinforcing barriers to entry and interest). The Science Capital in Practice (SCIP) programme shared findings at the…