Sentences with phrase «for eminent scientists»

By a great stroke of luck, he went to work for the eminent scientist Sir Humphry Davy.

Not exact matches

In chapter 3 of his The God Delusion published last September, Richard Dawkins included a rebuttal of «The argument [for God] from admired religious scientists,» in which he pours scorn on the citing of eminent believing scientists (contemporary or historical) as evidence for God's existence.

Eleven eminent scientists from around the world have coauthored an editorial, «Standing Up for GMOs,» focusing on Golden Rice.

Professor Jim Al - Khalili, President of the BHA Phillip Pullman, author Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster Tim Minchin, musician and writer Dr Simon Singh, science writer Ken Follett, novelist Dr Adam Rutherford, broadcaster and science writer Sir John Sulston FRS, Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir David Smith FRS FRSE, eminent botanist Professor Jonathan Glover, philosopher Professor Anthony Grayling, philosopher Nick Ross, broadcaster CJ De Mooi, actor and professional quizzer Virginia Ironside, writer Professor Steven Rose, scientist and writer Natalie Haynes, comedian and writer Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner Professor Raymond Tallis FMedSci, physician, philosopher and author Dr Iolo ap Gwynn FRMS, scientist and mountaineer Stephen Volk, screenwriter and author Professor Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics, science writer and broadcaster Sir Terry Pratchett OBE, Fantasy fiction author, satirist Dr Evan Harris, Former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament and Vice-President of the BHA Dr Richard Bartle, Professor of Computer Game Design Sian Berry, Green campaigner, politician and author Professor John A Lee, Consultant Histopathologist and Professor of Pathology Professor Richard Norman, philosopher Zoe Margolis, author Joan Smith, journalist and author Michael Gore, CVO CBE Derek McAuley, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches Lorraine Barratt, former member of the Welsh Assembly Dr Susan Blackmore, writer and broadcaster Dr Harry Stopes - Roe, Vice President of the BHA Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon), human rights lawyer Adele Anderson, actor and singer Dr Helena Cronin, Co-Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science Professor Alice Roberts, Anatomist, author and broadcaster Professor Chris French, Professor of Psychology, editor of The Skeptic Sir Tom Blundell, scientist Maureen Duffy, poet, playwright and novelist Baroness Whitaker, Labour peer Lord Avebury, Liberal Democrat peer Richard Herring, writer and comedian Martin Rowson, writer and cartoonist Tony Hawks, comedian, writer, musician and philanthropist Peter Cave, philosopher and author Diane Munday, campaigner Professor Norman MacLean, Biologist Professor Sir Harold Kroto FRS, Nobel prize winner, Professor of Chemistry Sir Richard Dalton, former Diplomat Sir David Blatherwick, KCMG, OBE, Diplomat and writer Michael Rubenstein, writer and legal expert Polly Toynbee, columnist and broadcaster Lord O'Neill, labour peer

LA JOLLA — Salk Institute professor Tony Hunter has been awarded the 2014 Royal Medal for biological sciences by the Royal Society, a fellowship of some of the world's most eminent scientists based in the United Kingdom.

He has received several wards and prizes for his unique scientific contribution: In the 2003 Eminent Scientist Award by the Wessex Institute of Technology WIT, Great Britain., the gold medal of the Italian Chemical Society, Environmental Chemistry and Cultural Heritage Division in 2002 and that of the President of the Council of Ministers in 2003.

Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, the symposium will feature talks by more than 30 eminent coral reef and fish scientists on the future of these vital marine ecosystems and the industries and communities which depend on them.

Dr Copernicus (historical fiction) won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and was followed by a series of novels exploring the lives of eminent scientists.

It was followed by two novels, Nightspawn (1971) and Birchwood (1973); and then by Dr Copernicus, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and was followed by a series of novels exploring the lives of eminent scientists.

When Woodrow Wilson needed help understanding the science of military preparedness, he asked the Academy's eminent scientists to lay it out for him.

By David Rose The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the worldâ $ ™ s most eminent climate scientists.

That's why the eminent consensus climate scientists are agonizing over the missing heat and jockeying for position near the rear exit of the bandwagon.

The Taskforce is comprised of eminent scientists, business leaders, policy advisers and political leaders drawn from around the world.5 Its purpose is to recommend to all governments a framework for managing climate change responses that is truly global, provides long - term direction, and is genuinely responsive to the scale of the problem.

However what does that all mean if eminent scientists like Bengtsson are punished severely, only for the fact that he joined an advisory board?

And eminent scientists have called for supporters of homeopathy and «obesity deniers» to be deprived of the oxygen of publicity.

James Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and arguably the world's most eminent climate scientist, has recently expressed the challenge in the starkest terms:

Science can not advance while the likes of Mr. Shore behave with such poisonous, mean - spirited, anti-scientific intolerance towards those eminent scientists who, for sound reasons of physics and mathematics, do not share their faith.

It lists federal laws they may have violated and names 17 climate scientists — some of the most eminent in the world — who Inhofe's staff claim should be investigated for possible criminal prosecution.

«Signatories to the letter included such eminent scientists as Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of Earth at the University of Paris, and Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, in Genescientists as Claude Allegre, former director of the Institute for the Study of Earth at the University of Paris, and Antonio Zichichi, president of the World Federation of Scientists, in GeneScientists, in Geneva.»

For example, on page 19 of his brief below dated January 18, 2013, he cites the international panel chaired by the eminent scientist Lord Oxburgh, FRS as one of the bodies that «exonerated» him, whereas on page 235 of Mann's own book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, he states explicitly that «our own work did not fall within the remit of the committee, and the hockey stick was not mentioned in the report.»

Today we see the opposite, accurate forecasts by an eminent scientist — for which he's ridiculed.

An eminent atmospheric scientist says that natural cycles may be largely responsible for climate changes seen in recent decades.

WHEN several eminent scientists returned recently from a tourist cruise to the North Pole aboard a Russian icebreaker and reported finding water, not ice, at the top of the world, the image resonated far and wide, providing a call to arms for scientists and environmentalists who for years had been trying to convince politicians and the public that heat - trapping gases from tail pipes, power plants, even methane - belching cattle, could disrupt the climate.

As for the various «facts» in Swindle put forward to support the thesis that global warming is a giant conspiracy carried out by scientists who want to boost their research funding, every one has been refuted by eminent scientists.

Eminent scientists who queried the IPCC line — which is based on models rather than clear understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms — and eminent economists and statisticians who argued that the case for net costs from any warming had never been demonstrated — were viEminent scientists who queried the IPCC line — which is based on models rather than clear understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms — and eminent economists and statisticians who argued that the case for net costs from any warming had never been demonstrated — were vieminent economists and statisticians who argued that the case for net costs from any warming had never been demonstrated — were vilified.

The big thing everyone wanted to talk about today was the fact that I attended a congressional briefing on Wednesday where I spoke about my experiences regarding the Gulf Oil Spill.It was for Representative Markey's subcommittee and next to me were some eminent scientists who just got back from the Gulf and brought with them some scary knowledge.

And in 1972, a more specific prediction similar to Broecker's was published by the eminent atmospheric scientist J.S. Sawyer in Nature (for a history in a nutshell, see my newspaper column here).

~ While waiting for the Mann vs Steyn trial of the century to begin, I'm honored to be joining Steve's co-tormentor of Mann, Ross McKitrick, plus some of the most eminent scientists (and fellow troublemakers like Nigel Lawson, Donna Laframboise, Andrew Bolt, Joanne Nova, and James Delingpole) among the contributors to a brand new book put together by the Institute of Public Affairs called Climate Change - The Facts.