Stories
- Article
A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
- Article
The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
- Book extract
The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
British Society for the History of Science: Philosophy of Science Group
Date: Sep 1950 - Dec 1953Reference: HALDANE/4/25/12Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Reprint from Science (vol.xx, no.506: Sept. 1904): "Ancient Natural History Lore", by C.R. Eastman
Date: late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7044/4/28Part of: Hill, Norman Walter (1852-c.1920), collector- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Baines - (& others)
BainesDate: c. 1825Reference: MS.1032- Archives and manuscripts
Post-mortem - notes
Candy, Hugh Charles Herbert, 1859-1935.Date: 1930Reference: MS.1455Part of: Candy, Hugh Charles Herbert (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
Moiser, Bernard (1879 - 1965)
Moiser, Bernard, 1879-1965, colonial medical officerDate: 1946-1948Reference: MS.3591