Stories
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
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Vivekananda’s journey
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga.
Catalogue
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Le Bioscope : first amusement park in Europe based on the theme of life and health.
Date: 1998- Pictures
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A manager of a penny show in conversaton with one of the characters whom he is exhibiting. Wood engraving.
Reference: 3874i- Books
Adventures of perfect difference 5 : life on Planet Parklands / Nina Edwards ; Illustrations by Mark Jinks.
Edwards, NinaDate: 2015- Books
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A chemical catechism, with copious notes, a vocabulary of chemical terms, useful tables, and a chapter of instructive and amusing experiments / By Samuel Parkes.
Parkes, Samuel, 1759-1825.Date: 1807- Pictures
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Crowds at Greenwich Fair, watching performers in booths with drums, whips, etc: a mounted policeman moves through the throng. Wood engraving.
Reference: 33084i