Stories
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A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.
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Mark O’Connell’s prescription for writing
The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘To Be a Machine’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.
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Why the scariest monsters look almost human
Something is wrong, but you’re not sure what. Amy Jones explores exactly why your worst nightmare is the monster that’s almost human.
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Believe yourself better
There’s more to recovery than medication. In future, our unconscious minds could be recruited to put a positive spin on our health problems, helping us feel better faster.
Catalogue
- Books
Machines at home / Gareth Adamson.
Adamson, Gareth.Date: 1969- Books
Machines for better bodies : a cultural history of exercise machines in America, 1830-1950 / by Ellen Roney Hughes.
Hughes, Ellen Roney.Date: 2001- Books
Machines à instruire, machines à guérir : les hôpitaux universitaires et la médicalisation de la société allemande 1730-1850 / Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen.
Bueltzingsloewen, Isabelle von, 1964-Date: [1997], ©1997- Pictures
Machines for printing, binding and packaging: product label. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 539672iPart of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.- Books
Machines in the home / Rebecca Weaver and Rodney Dale.
Weaver, Rebecca.Date: [1992], ©1992