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Free ThinkingBetty Balfour Profile, James Lovelock, Peter BuwaldaUnlocking Lovelock: Scientist, Inventor, Maverick

James Lovelock exhibition at the Science Museum, 9 April 2014 to 9 April 2015.

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Painting of two witches one on a broomstick and one on what appears to be bellows dated Christmas 1940 Manchester

Paint possibly water colour or ink on card. © Science Museum

  • Diagram of Gaia and feedback loop used by James Lovelock during lectures
  • Photography of Lovelock's laboratory at Coombe Hill
  • Lovelock's home-made gas chromatograph, used on the Shackleton research voyage c. 1971
  • Painting of two witches one on a broomstick and one on what appears to be bellows dated Christmas 1940 Manchester
  • 'Goblin in the Gasworks' fictional story by James Lovelock, c. 1935
  • Assortment of items from Lovelock's laboratory
  • James Lovelock and his daughter Christine collecting air samples in Adrigole, South West Ireland, 1970
  • Repurposed domestic gas flow meter, used by Lovelock in his laboratory to check ths accuracy of his measurements
  • Doodle by Lovelock in a notebook
  • Small watchmaker's lathe with accessories in two wooden boxes
  • Electron capture detector for a gas chromatograph, 1960

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