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SUMMARY:Newton's Inheritance: Natural Science in Seventeenth-Century Trini
 ty - Dr Richard Serjeantson
DTSTART:20160306T101500Z
DTEND:20160306T110500Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Carlotti
DESCRIPTION:Isaac Newton is only Trinity's most famous seventeenth-century
  scientist. In this talk I will introduce some of his Trinity predecessors
 \, including Isaac Barrow\, John Ray\, Francis Willughby\, and John Wilkin
 s\, and say something about the work they did in the fields of natural phi
 losophy\, botany\, zoology\, and mathematics. I will also talk more genera
 lly about scientific education in pre-Newtonian Trinity\, and will conclud
 e by offering some new thoughts about Newton's own experience as a student
  at the College.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre
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