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THE British Association announces a meeting of the new Division for the Social and International Relations of Science to be held at the RoyalInstitution at 4.30 on Thursday, May 25, by permission of the managers of the Institution. This will be the first public meeting of the Division to be held in London. Prof. Ernest Barker, professor of political science in the University of Cambridge, and Sir Daniel Hall, former chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture, are to be the principal speakers, with Sir Richard Gregory, chairman of the Division, in the chair. The object of the meeting is to show how science and society are ‘out of gear’, and the nature of the task which the Division has undertaken in trying to assist in bringing about an adjustment. Prof. Barker is to speak on “The Impacts of Science on Society”, showing the repercussions of scientific discovery and invention upon the social structure. Sir Daniel Hall is to deal with the failure to apply science properly by showing how the application of science to agriculture has been impeded. Sir Richard Gregory will deal with the work o of the Division. Primarily, the meeting is intended for workers in every branch of science with the view of securing their interest and co-operation in the work of the Division. It will, however, be open to members of the public and to representatives of organizations interested in the work of the Division. Tickets may be had on application to the Secretary of the British Association, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W.I. Another important meeting of the Division is to be held at Manchester in June, when the effects of science upon certain industries will be discussed. Work of the Division at present in hand includes questions of nutrition, population, social psychology, the organization of science and the international relations of science. A committee has also been appointed to report on the world sources of raw materials.
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Social Relations of Science. Nature 143, 814 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143814c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143814c0