Science and Technology at Churchill College
The first 50 years

Churchill College is the national memorial to Sir Winston Churchill. It is dedicated especially to the pursuit of science and technology, and is unique in Cambridge in having a statutory requirement that 70% of its students must be studying natural or medical sciences, engineering or mathematics. Twenty-four of its members have won Nobel Prizes.

The exhibition will celebrate the achievements of Churchill's scientists and engineers from the founding Fellows to the latest generation. It will feature a wealth of historical and contemporary scientific objects, models, notebooks, illustrations and drawings.

The work of Bob Edwards, who developed IVF, and who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine on 4 October 2010, will also be featured.

Other contributions to the exhibition include the Nobel prizewinner Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA; Antony Hewish, another Nobel Laureate, who was awarded the prize for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars; Peter Wadhams, recently named by The Independent as one of the top five environmentalists working in Britain today; and Henning Sirringhaus who, as co-founder of Plastic Logic, is developing a unique process to produce flexible display modules for 'take anywhere, read anywhere' electronic reader products.

To accompany the exhibition a series of free public lectures will take place in the Wolfson Hall at Churchill College. See the exhibition flyer for details.