Medawar Lecture
{{Short description|Annual lecture}}
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The Medawar Lecture was an annual lecture on the philosophy of science organised by the Royal Society of London in memory of Sir Peter Medawar. It was last delivered in 2004 after which it was merged with the Wilkins Lecture and the Bernal Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture.{{cite web| url=http://royalsociety.org/Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar-Lecture/| title = The 2010 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture|publisher=The Royal Society|accessdate = 14 August 2010}}
List of lecturers
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!width="600"|Name !width="6100"|Lecture !width="1" class="unsortable"|Notes | |
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| 1986 | {{sortname|Karl Raimund|Popper |
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|1990 ||{{sortname|Lewis|Thomas|}}|| The new transitional structure of basic science: prospects and apprehensions.||align=center| —
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|1992 ||{{sortname|Max Ferdinand|Perutz|}}|| Species adaptation in a protein molecule.||align=center| —
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|1995 ||{{sortname|John Michael|Ziman|John Ziman}}|| Post-academic science.||align=center| —
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|1998 ||{{sortname|Lewis|Wolpert|}}|| Is science dangerous?||align=center| —
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|2001 ||{{sortname|Richard Langton|Gregory|}}|| Knowledge for vision: vision for knowledge.||align=center| —
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|2004 ||{{sortname|Peter|Lipton|}}|| The truth about science||align=center| —
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References
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- {{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?tip=1&id=1807|title=The Florey Lecture (1981)|accessdate=2009-03-20}}
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Category:Royal Society lecture series
Category:Philosophy of science
Category:Annual events in the United Kingdom
Category:1986 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Recurring events established in 1986
Category:2004 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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