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Game Theory comes to BRLSI

Anyone who heard Melvyn Bragg’s ‘In Our Time’ programme this week, all about Game Theory, will know that it began with the study of board games.A timely topic for BRLSI, because this coming Thursday we have a talk by a world expert on Mancala Games: rich territory for Game Theorists.

Museums at Night 2012

On Saturday 19th May the BRLSI’s current exhibition, ID Marks of Identity, will be kept open until 8PM as part of Museums at Night. You can see the full programme here.

Climate Change: the current status

Professor Philip C. Reid of the University of Plymouth will review the current status of Climate Change at a meeting in the science series on Friday May 25 at 7.30 pm. Evidence for rapid global warming is unequivocal and ideas of how to tackle this grave issue will be outlined.

New lecture series on Anthropology and Psychology at BRLSI

A new lecture series, being convened by Linda Gamlin, starts at BRLSI on May 17th. The series will cover the fields of anthropology, sociology and psychology.

Freshly Prepared Fish

We have just uploaded two spectacular fossils to the JESBI gallery, showing the detailed preparatory work undertaken by Lorie Barber.

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Did you know...

The original BRLSI site.

The original site of the Institution was Terrace Walk, by Parade Gardens. It replaced the Lower Assembly Rooms (Harrisons) which was burnt down in 1820.

Curatorial Curiosities

Cave bear canine

Cave bear canine: Ursus spelaeus was a common European bear during the ice ages, it was at least equivalent in size to the largest of modern bears, the Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), if not larger. Their remains are found most commonly in caves, and this specimen was found in Wookey Hole in the Mendips, Somerset.