Science education

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two illustrated educational broadsides, one on physiognomy by Joseph Kaspar Lavater, and one on phrenology by Franz Jospeh Gall. 1829-1830.The first is a wall chart showing J. K. Lavater's system of physiognomy, entitled "Das Lavatersche System der Physiognomik, oder die Kunst durch die Constitution, die äusseren Gewohnheiten und vorzüglich durch die Untersuchung der Former des Kopfes und der Gesichtszüge des Menschen dessen Geschmack, Neigungen,...

Scope and Contents The lecture outlines how science can fulfil its main purpose, in Thomson's opinion, that of uniting society. Thomson describes his own education – both formal and informal – and his current role as a lecturer in education, and explains how these have informed his beliefs regarding scientific training. He makes the case that science has often operated in isolation both from the world around it, and from the native language of its practitioners, with science students dependant on...