Stories
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People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
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A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
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The shape of thought
Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.
Catalogue
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River engineering and water conservation works / edited by Roland Berkeley Thorn.
Date: 1966- Pictures
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Civil engineering: building the Victoria Bridge across the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal. Coloured lithograph by the Kell brothers, 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 46144i- Books
Genetic engineering, food, and our environment / Luke Anderson.
Anderson, Luke.Date: 1999- Books
Genetic engineering : science and ethics on the new frontier / Michael Boylan, Kevin E. Brown.
Boylan, Michael, 1952-Date: [2001], ©2001- Pictures
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Civil engineering: the Wearmouth Iron Bridge at Sunderland, with ships sailing beneath, and details (above). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1799.
Date: 1799Reference: 44411i