Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus): Keith takes a walk down a scientific history lane in the Adelaide City region of South Australia
The old Adelaide Stock Exchange building in the heart of the city has a very new role – it’s now the Science Exchange – inspired by the esteemed and centuries old Royal Institution in London.
The Federation Edwardian style edifice went up in Exchange Place in 1901. Despite being overshadowed by a collection of bland, modern glass office towers, this landmark building, complete with its distinctive corner tower was once a powerful meeting place for the state’s financial mover and shakers. Leading businessmen, politicians, bankers, lawyers and merchants graced the grand stairway now, it’s the power-brokers of the hi-tech science world…
Professor Gavin Brown is the Director of the Royal Institution of Australia, which has the challenging but exciting national brief of ‘bringing science to the people’. In the History Room there’s a very appropriate connection between cutting edge science, Adelaide the esteemed Royal Institution back in London.
Nobel winning …