England and the History of Science
 
 
I organized a tour that visited sites associated with the history of science in England. Here are some of the people and sites I encountered (including some that have nothing to do with science).
 

   

Woolsthorpe Manor, Isaac Newton's birthplace
Welland River in Stamford
Stamford at night
Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Hampton Court
Ceiling at Hampton Court
The Hampton Court Astronomical Clock
Hide and seek
Hooke's "to do list" - worth a careful look
King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Isaac Newton manuscript
Colorful street in Cambridge
The Eagle. Here Watson & Crick declared they had "discovered the secret o...
The Wren Library at Cambridge
Punting on the Cam
Oxford exams party detritus
Jim Bennett, Director of the History of Science Museum, Oxford
The Bath Rugby pitch in Argyle Street
I snuck into the clubhouse
The River Avon and the Pulteney Bridge, Bath
Scenic Bibury in the Cotswolds
Cotswolds countryside
Lifting lager at The Trafalgar in Greenwich
Emily Winterburn, Astronomy Curator, National Maritime Museum
Lord Horatio Nelson's uniform, complete with blood stains and stuff. Cool!
Toria Petfield, Curator at Darwin's home, and Philippa Coulthard, head gardener
Obligatory Tower Bridge photo
Tower of London, with the Gherkin in the background
Visiting the Royal Society in London
Newton's Principia, first edition
Some pictures speak for themselves
Graham Dolan, Curator of the Greenwich Observatory
I doth bestride the prime meridian like a colossus
Touroids