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A CONFERENCE on “Science and the Welfare of Mankind” will be held in the Beaver Hall, Garlick Hill, London, E.C.4, during February 15-17. The Conference is being organised by the Association of Scientific Workers in co-operation with the Association of University Teachers, the Institute of Professional Civil Servants and the British Association of Chemists. There will be an introductory session dealing with “Science and World Needs” (chairman, Sir Robert Robinson). The three following sessions will deal with: “The Implications of Recent Scientific Development” (chairman, Sir Richard Gregory) ; “The Responsibilities of Scientists to Modern Society” (chairman, Prof. A. V. Hill) ; “The Organisation of Science” (chairman, Sir Robert Watson-Watt). Among the speakers at the Conference will be Mr. Herbert Morrison, Prof. P. M. S. Blackett, Prof. M. L. Oliphant, Dr. H. L. Richardson, Prof. B. Farrington, Prof. J. D. Bernai, Mr. A. Horner, Dr. Julian Huxley and representative foreign men of science. The Conference will be summed up by Sir Robert Watson-Watt. Tickets for admission (2s. 6d. per session, 7s. 6d. for the whole Conference) and further information can be obtained from the Association of Scientific Workers, 15 Half Moon Street, London, W.I.
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Science and the Welfare of Mankind. Nature 157, 157 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157157b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157157b0