Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Can our sexual desires be transformed?
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
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Bringing biotech to the people
Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.
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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
Catalogue
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Provisional list of museums of science and technology / compiled by the Committee on Museums of Science and Technology of the International Council of Museums.
Date: [1963?]- Books
Infectious disease-- a global health threat : report of the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on International Science, Engineering, and Technology, Working Group on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases.
National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Working Group on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases.Date: [1995]- Books
Food science in developing countries : a selection of unsolved problems / compiled by the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation of the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Commission on International Relations.
Date: 1974- Books
Environmental change in the West African Sahel / Advisory Committee on the Sahel, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council, United States of America.
Date: 1984- Books
Problems of conservation in museums = Problèmes de conservation dans les musées. A selection of papers presented to the joint meeting of the ICOM Committee for Museum Laboratories and the ICOM Committee for the Care of Paintings, held in Washington and New York, from September 17 to 25, 1965 / ICOM (International Council of Museums).
International Council of Museums.Date: 1969