We'd never have won the war without science on our side, and a great number of breakthroughs took place under the direction of Winston Churchill. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the portly Prime Minister's death, this exhibition celebrates the inventions and scientific endeavour which came to Britain's aid during World War Two. Artefacts, film footage, letters and photographs tell the stories of pioneering nutritionist Elsie Widdowson, Dorothy Hodgkin's advancement of X-ray crystallography, Robert Watson-Watt's invention of the radar and many more remarkable projects from the era. A few of Churchill's personal items will pepper the collection, too; keep an eye out for the cigar he was smoking when he heard he had been re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951.
An additional section will allow visitors to learn about scientific advances in post-war Britain, including everything from molecular genetics to robotics, and looks at present scientific ambitions.