Pioneers of Science: Robert Boyle, the Father of Modern Chemistry

7 November 2017 19:00-20:30, Belfast, United Kingdom


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Come and see Eoin Gill, the man behind the annual Robert Boyle Summer Schools in Lismore, Co. Waterford, in a costumed recreation of Boyle's most famous experiments that demonstrate his fundamental discoveries in physics and chemistry.
Eoin will tell the story of Boyle's life and show how he was a pioneer of the transition from the old world view, inherited from Aristotle, to a recognisably modern scientific approach. Eoin Gill is a director of Calmast STEM Outreach Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology.
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Ulster mesuem, National Museums Northern Ireland

Ulster Museum Lecture Theatre., Ulster mesuem, National Museums Northern Ireland, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB, United Kingdom

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