Virtual Program

Nobel Prize week in October is one of the rare times the news media focuses on fundamental scientific research.  But the Prizes’ outdated rules distort the image of how modern science actually works.  The backstory behind two Nobel Prize winners reveals how research depends upon government policies, the labor of diverse groups of people, and improvised machines Frankensteined out of spare parts. 

About the presenter:  Roger Turner is the Curator for Instruments and Artifacts at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. He studies how our daily lives are affected by the invisible work of nerds.  

The Science History Institute collects and shares the stories of innovators and of discoveries that shape our lives with a focus on preserving and interpreting the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.  

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This presentation will be held online via Zoom.  Register and receive program link by entering your information below.  Any questions? Contact DeAnne O'Brien at dobrien@ivpl.org.

*Image Caption:  Two decades before his boss won the Nobel Prize, Masamichi Yamashita diagnosed a problem with the first electrospray Ionization mass spectrometer.