science – Manchester Historian

Following the discovery that the Justinian Plague was potentially the same stream as the Bubonic Plague, Jo Perdicchia explores epidemics through history, and society’s, sometimes irrational, reaction to infectious disease.

James Pidliswyj reviews Brian Cox’s new series on British discoveries and inventions, Science Britannia.

Leonardo Da Vinci was, without doubt, one of the greatest minds in human history who is often said to have been, scientifically at least, hundreds of years ahead of his time. However, this seems to be an idea that grates on the modern day scientist who cannot dream of being compared to such a man Continue Reading

The Manchester Historian pays a visit to the vast exhibition rooms on Mancunian scientific innovation.

A glimpse at the tragic, heroic but often forgotten life of one of Britain’s wartime heroes.