Brown Bag Lecture: “From the Laboratory to the Lecture Hall: The Example of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen”
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November 9, 2010
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12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
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CHF
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
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Open to the Public |
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Fee:
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Free
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A talk by Christine Nawa
The intertwinement of teaching and research is an icon of the German university system that only emerged during the nineteenth century. The chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899) was a prominent figure in this regard: He did outstanding research and was praised as an ingenious teacher.
In fact Bunsen’s lectures were closely related to his own scientific work. Nawa’s objective is to show that Bunsen’s way of teaching created a new form of experimental lectures in the physical sciences and served as a model for subsequent university teachers.
Christine Nawa is a Ph.D. student in history of science at the Universität Regensburg, Germany. She is also currently a Price Fellow at CHF. Nawa works on Robert Wilhelm Bunsen’s research style and his teaching. Further scientific interests include the history of collecting and scientific drawings.
About Brown Bag Lectures
Brown Bag Lectures (BBLs) are a series of weekly, informal talks by CHF fellows and members of the academic and business communities on topics involving the history of chemistry, political and social issues of importance to chemists and chemical engineers, and issues affecting the future of chemical research.
For more information, please call 215.873.8289, or e-mail bbl@chemheritage.org.
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