Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture

Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture
Awarded for	Prize lecture given on a subject relating to the history of science, philosophy of science or the social function of science.
Sponsored by	Royal Society
Official website	royalsociety.org/awards/wilkins-bernal-medawar

The Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture is a public lecture organised annually by the Royal Society of London. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Wilkins Lecture, the Bernal Lecture and the Medawar Lecture. The subject matter for the lecture is some aspect of the social function of science as per the Bernal Lecture, the philosophy of science as per the Medawar Lecture or the history of science as per the Wilkins Lecture.

List of lecturers

Year	Name	Lecture	Notes
2007	Butterfield, JeremyJeremy Butterfield	The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics[1]	[2]
2008	Sian Ede	Hard questions : Contemporary art and the obsession with science	[2]
2009	Edgerton, DavidDavid Edgerton	The social function of history: policy, history and twentieth-century science	[2]
2010	Bragg, MelvynMelvyn Bragg	Notes from an Amateur: On the History of the Royal Society[3]	[2]
2012	Highfield, RogerRoger Highfield	Heroes of science[4]	[2]
2016	Chang, HasokHasok Chang	Who cares about the History of Science?[5]	[2]

References

1. The uses of infinity: a philosopher looks at emergent phenomena in physics by Jeremy Butterfield on YouTube, 2012-09-26
2. "Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture". Retrieved 2010-10-17.
3. Bragg, M. (2010). "Wilkins Medawar Bernal Lecture 2010 * Observations of an Amateur on the History of the Royal Society 1660-2010". Notes and Records of the Royal Society. 64 (3): 201–212. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2010.0018. ISSN 0035-9149.
4. Heroes of Science by Roger Highfield on YouTube, 2012-09-26
5. Who cares about the history of science? on YouTube